Legal Opinion
Nash v. Beckett
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided March 23, 2012No. 06-11-00025-CVPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice CARTER.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action which sought construction of the wills of C.M. Beckett, Sr., and Jo B. Beckett. The central issue is the distribution of assets of two separate terminated trusts. We find the wills require that each surviving heir is entitled to receive an equal share of the two trusts. We reverse and render the judgment of the trial court.
I. Background
In 1957, C.M. Beckett, Sr., and his wife, Jo B. Beckett, each made wills establishing trusts for their two sons, C.M. Beckett, Jr., and Jerry B. Beckett.…
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