Legal Opinion

First Nat. Bank of Galveston v. Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of Galveston

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 7, 1949No. 12085PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal by appellant-Bank' is from a judgment of the 56th District Court of Galveston County, sitting without a jury, construing the will of Mrs. Jessie'Barbour McVitie,' deceased, and especially the Fourth Paragraph thereof, as having conferred upon the appellee-Church the fee simple title to her home, therein devised to it, with the consequent right inuring to the Church t-o sdl the same, clear of any restriction or condition requiring' its continued use as a rectory, as being in conformity to the -concluding sentence thereof.

The Bank, as her named independent executor…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Darragh v. BarmoreTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  2. Hunt v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  3. Olcott v. GabertTexas Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Jackson v. TemplinTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
  5. Farnham v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Eckels v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
  2. Young Women's Christian Ass'n of Asheville v. MorganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  3. Taylor v. Republic National Bank of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
  4. Diane Davis Eckels and John Byron Davis v. Marceil Brewster Davis and Paul Hesse Welch, Individually and as Independent Co-Executors Under Last Will and Testament of J.B. Davis, and Paul Hesse Welch , Individually and as Co-Trustee of the J.B. Davis Living Trust, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003
  5. Diane Davis Eckels and John Byron Davis v. Marceil Brewster Davis and Paul Hesse Welch, Individually and as Independent Co-Executors Under Last Will and Testament of J.B. Davis, and Paul Hesse Welch , Individually and as Co-Trustee of the J.B. Davis Living Trust, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2003

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