Hodge v. Ellis

277 S.W.2d 900 (1955)

Wallace C. HODGE, Executor, et al., Petitioners,

v.

A. A. ELLIS, Respondent.

No. A-4768.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 13, 1955.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1955.

Nolen L. Sewell and C. T. Gettys, Decatur, John R. Lindsey, Jacksboro, for petitioners.

John W. Moore, Jacksboro, J. Roy Creighton, Mineral Wells, W. E. Fitzgerald, Wichita Falls, for respondent.

GARWOOD, Justice.

This dispute at its present stage is largely one over real estate in Jacksboro, Jack County, between the plaintiff (our respondent) A. A. Ellis, as community survivor of, and beneficiary under the will of his late…