Crickmer v. King
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIUS, Justice.
This is a suit for declaratory judgment to construe the joint and mutual will of Joe and Myrtle Livsey, husband and wife. The will devised and bequeathed all property to the survivor absolutely and in fee simple, but provided that should Mr. and Mrs. Livsey die “simultaneously, or approximately so” all of the property would vest in “the children of either of us, said children being Harold Fulton King, James Lee King, Oquinda Faye Narramore and the grandchildren of either of us living at the time of our deaths, each of said children and grandchildren to share and share alike…
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