Petsch v. Slator

SHANNON, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment entered by the district court of Llano County in a will construction case. The important question is whether certain lapsed gifts passed by intestacy to the testator’s heirs or by the terms of the residuary clause of the will to the residual beneficiaries. The court overruled appellants’ motion for summary judgment and entered summary judgment for appellee. The judgment declared that the lapsed gifts passed to the testator’s heirs by intestacy.

The will in question was signed by the testator, J. D. Slator, Jr., on August 14, 1959. The testator…