Lokey v. Texas Methodist Foundation

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

Clarence W. Lokey, the Plaintiff below, and hereinafter called Appellant, brought suit against the Texas Methodist Foundation, Appellee, in the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, on September 16, 1969. The Appellant’s suit sought to remove the Appellee as trustee of two trusts established by the Appellant and known as the “K & L” and “K & L— A” trusts, and the Appellee duly answered and subsequently filed a Plea in Abatement. The National Division of the Board of Missions of the United Methodist Church, hereinafter known as the In-tervenor, filed a…