Heller v. Heller
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Eayette County; M. C. Jeffrey, Judge. Action by Mrs. Augusta Heller, guardian, and others, against Moritz Heller. Judgment for plaintiffs, on the sustaining of demurrer to the answer, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
This is a suit by ap-pellees against appellant to cancel a deed executed by Mrs. Anna Heller, deceased, to appellant, conveying 147.25 acres of land, and to recover of appellant title and possession of five-sixths of said land.
The plaintiffs and the defendant are the children and grandchildren of Theophilus and Anna Heller, deceased. Theophilus Heller died in 1903, and his wife, Anna, in 1919. Prior to his death, Theophilus and Anna Heller executed a joint will, the provisions of which disposing of the property of the re-specitve testators are identical. By this will Theophilus Heller, after…
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