Krausse v. Barton

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment. It presents the question of whether any of the property over which Nellie H. Wilson held a general power of appointment, granted to her by the will of her deceased husband, was available to her executor at her death for the payment of debts, expenses, costs of administration, and taxes.

The case was tried upon a written stipulation of facts without any oral testimony. In the judgment rendered by the trial court it was decreed that by her will Nellie H. Wilson exercised the power of appointment created in the will of her husband,…