Allen v. Carson

MURRAY, Justice.

The Frost National Bank, a national banking corporation, as executor of the last-will and testament of J. White Allen, deceased, instituted this suit seeking an interpretation and construction of certain language contained in his will. The particular question involved was whether or not Lilly Mae Allen is a residuary legatee under the will.

The trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury and resulted in judgment so construing the will as not to include Lilly Mae Allen as a residuary legatee, from which judgment Lily Mae Allen, a minor, acting by and through…