Youree v. Pires

Appellees, E. C. Pires, Inez Pires, Laura L. Marques, joined by her husband, Joseph D. Marques, and Elinor F. Freitas, joined by her husband, John D. Frei-tas, brought this suit in the county court of Dallas county, Tex., against Mrs Bettie Scott Youree and a number of other defendants not necessary to mention, since they were all dismissed from the case. The sole purpose of the suit was to have paragraph 5 of the will of L. A. Pires, deceased, declared invalid. The case was tried in the county court, and appealed to the district court, where it was tried before the court without a jury, and…