Mary Hall Betts v. Haggard

McKAY, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment suit brought by appellants against Clyde Haggard, Independent Executor of the Estate of Jessie Carolina Betts, Deceased, to construe the will of Jessie Carolina Betts. The Attorney General of Texas was made a party, and American Cancer Society, Baylor University Medical Center, and Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas intervened. The trial court rendered judgment that paragraphs First, Second and Third of the will control the disposition of the entire estate, and that paragraph Fourth is inoperative, and that appellants’ petition be denied and they…