Garcia v. Pellegrin

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granting possession of a long cap-and-ball rifle, known as the “Bowie gun,” to ap-pellee, Helen Kahn Pellegrin.

Appellee, the sole heir and independent executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Alfredo Garcia Pellegrin, brought this suit against the Daughters of the Republic of Texas as curator of “The Alamo” to recover possession of the Bowie rifle which was allegedly loaned to the museum by Alfredo in April, 1936, for display to the public. Appellant, Virginia Laird Garcia, intervened and alleged that she was the legal…