Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1954

Brewster v. Brewster

Brewster v. Brewster
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided September 22, 1954 · Norvell
271 S.W.2d 842; 1954 Tex. App. LEXIS 2142 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Brewster v. Brewster

Opinion of the Court

NORVELL, Justice.

The plaintiff, born of a meretricious union between the testator and plaintiff’s mother in 1927, cannot be considered a pre-termitted child under Article 8292, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. Stats., although, after the execution of the will in 1945, followed by the death of testator’s lawful wife, the testator entered into a common law marriage with plaintiff’s mother.

■The judgment is affirmed.

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