Riedel v. Kerlick

474 S.W.2d 508 (1971)

Mrs. Opal RIEDEL, Appellant,

v.

Mrs. Ella Lee KERLICK, et vir, et al., Appellees.

No. 649.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

November 24, 1971.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1971.

Errol John Dietze, Cuero, for appellant.

Tom Cheatham, Wiley L. Cheatham, Cuero, for appellees.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to construe a joint and mutual will. Herman Riedel and his wife Caroline Riedel made a joint and mutual will on December 4, 1931. On July 6, 1951, Herman Riedel died, leaving surviving him, his wife, Caroline and their only child, Harlan C. Riedel. The…