Legal Opinion
Booth v. Merchants Nat. Bank of Brownsville
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1938No. 8714PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant is a devisee under the will of F. N. Booth, deceased. One of the appellees, Merchants National Bank of Brownsville, was named as executor in a codicil of said will. On April 10, 1930, the will and codicil were admitted to probate by the County Court of Cameron County, Texas, and on the same day, pursuant to an order of court, the bank duly qualified as executor, took possession of the assets which had belonged to the deceased, and continued to administer upon his estate until, by reason of the bank’s insolvency, it ceased to function.
The other appellee is…
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