Villarreal v. Zukowsky

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice VALDEZ.

This appeal involves the construction and interpretation of the Last Will and Testament of decedent Adelina San Miguel Villarreal. Three of the decedent’s children, appellees Milli Zukowsky, Angelina Hibbs, and Manuel Villarreal, asserted that the language in their mother’s will granting a “life estate” in her home to appellant, Miguel S. Villarreal, their brother, was invalid, and therefore sought partition of the property. Appellant maintained that the will granted him a life estate in his mother’s home and asserted various affirmative defenses and…