Legal Opinion

Logue v. Scrivener

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 21, 1962No. 13886PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to construe a codicil to the will of Hilda Menke Scrivener. The codicil is in her handwriting and reads as follows:

“6-29-1953

About Contents of This Notice of my last Wish—

Arnold R. Scrivener shall be The Gaurdine of The Live Oak Co Farm This shall be devided in 3 equal parts — My Oil Well Money—

# 1 My Husband Arnold Scrivener—

#2 My sister Mabel Menke Logue

' #3 My Brothers 5 Boy’s — Name’s—

Monroe G Menke—

Henry Menke .

Harold Menke

Sid Menke

Ray Menke

in case There are Oil Wells on place — These 5 Boy’s portion shall be put in a Trust fund for 10 year’s — and if…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Huffman v. HuffmanTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Bergin v. BerginTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Laborde v. First State Bank & Trust Co. of Rio Grande CityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
  4. Flower v. DortCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  5. Ellis v. First National Bank in DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dean v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990

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