Legal Opinion

Bockel v. Fidelity Development Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 21, 1937No. 10292PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAVES, Justice.

This statement, taken from appellant’s brief, is conceded to be substantially correct:

“The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts. The material facts are as follows:
“Erasmus Bockel, appellant’s grandfather, owned a tract of land in Harris County of which the one acre herein involved was a part, tie died in 1903, leaving a will which was duly probated. The will provided:
“ ‘It is my will and wish that one acre square out of my said homestead tract the center of which shall be the present graves of the deceased members of -my family, shall be set aside by my executors…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Paschal v. AcklinTexas Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Burke v. BurkeIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Mason v. Bloomington Library Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Wooldridge v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
  5. State v. LollisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1920

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kelly v. WomackCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. Gibson v. Berry Cemetery Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
  3. Persinger v. PersingerFayette County Court of Common Pleas · 1949
  4. Kelly v. WomackCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  5. Kelly v. WomackCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953

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