Lightfoot v. Poindexter
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Brown County; Jno. W. Goodwin, Judge. Suit by William Poindexter, executor, against B. C. Lightfoot and others. From the judgment, certain defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
SANFORD, Special Judge.
This suit was instituted in the district court of Brown county, Tex., by William Poindexter, as executor and trustee of the estate of Mrs. Mattie R. Coggin, deceased, in the nature of a bill of interpleader, the petition setting forth the various items or provisions of the will of the said Mrs. Coggin, including a number of special bequests and a' residuary clause naming Daniel Baker College, of Brown-wood, Tex., as residuary legatee, and inter-pleading the various persons named in the will as legatees, including the appellants herein, to wit, B. C. Lightfoot,…
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