THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OFTEXAS
Ho& ae0?~0 H. sheppud, P&80 2 (0-39m)
l peathmmour
On Wa y l3,1 9 4 0. ebW wu8 bon
wmo d B OUJ.c b p nu x o b o r wh o isltill llv@
t,
-r h ro o p r o wututbdo a*0l8ta to
c a mted
tb tth o tu8h e u ldb o c emp uto duB& r a d1 8tr ib u-
tieua ~lifo o sto to to A& eLeex o k ~8r r vtviu#
wUw, mud the roudder ~l8trihrtod oqudlr be-
twewtbetwowwltvingchildmJthe~d
lti.dthem a tu o utheir tu& la
b ea 880880d
p wt o fth e
l8ta to
K.M y.’
Apparently the npn808tativo8 of the l8tato an making
tbo 00d0ntt0~ that rtltlo 1293 of the Revised ctrtl std~t08 t8
~pplfc~blo tn thir cam SO that both d tbo childrem born lubo6qwnt
to tho ,jfmo tbo will was ort@aall~ made by tho tostator would be
lwled to pmticlprto t tbo procoodr d him lrtw. Atilek 8293.
pro*8 88 follew8r
‘Every last wtll + tostumont made when
thoto8tctorludwahildllviq.whorokauychild
ho might kuo L8 not provided for or monttomo4, if
at the the of Ata doatk he &ail low. a child, or
lo ueh is wlfolncointo of a child which shall k
born, 8hl.l luve DO&fleet dnrLy the lffo of such
after-bon child, ral shall k void. udom8 the child
d&awttbut havbg kern xnerrid ad bofon ho ahall
lttaiud tbs 880 ef timtpoao
h e vo yowo.m
T&o facts iu this LAH qwlffyhe wffl under the first
porttou of Article 8293, supn, u ow mode h.8 tostutor when ho
W w child llviry. fho oaly qudion arts08 lvor whothor or ret
the wffl huatioam or provideo for- any child that bo might have
kthofuturo.
Parearaph 3 ol tha will d the docouod road. as follows:
‘lt is ow will cud do8iro ud tie will ud desire
sf each of urn, that tke l rvi~or of us, Joupb J. Hobart
or Pnnie Loo Hokrt. es the ~680 may be, shall hm-0
uiboodtlodto rocotv8,adthont8bnbyk-
qwathod to muchsurvivor, a of the rtght, tttlo Ua
lstdo that tko pro4ocorrkg lpouso may h8ro in wad
to allproperty of ovary kfmdand charactor, roti, per-
ldormixod.ofwMch much predmee*sti S~UW
Uen. Georp Sf. Sheppard, Pap 3 (04950)
maydfe,80b0daadp0880880d,ofth0rlahf8
lrhorsopuetor*tnh --W.-k
WUOddU#Od~#USh#WVtVO~UdtObO
0-d.k .4oYa -YM -PO- 4
lu c udo mdb ~mddur img th o Ufeda ueh
mpou~uauhmrvkmrshlldo-
iTi tbt~tthedeathof8uhsurvmu
l
& -Y P-P.* m-m
Of8b&&8e0d~#UdO~thO&W#Of&#COrt
and diotrfbutior of the Etato of Touw, s&Joot
kowovor,totlbofurtbr l?0&iOB#Ofthf8W~:
k ths above q8otod paregraph t$o doeorsod l0ft all
of hta property of lvo r rkbd whatsoever to lB swvfvfq lpouso
to k lccuplod, l Joyod, cuvoyod. l w ti luumb+od by
hrduriyl her life Usno as &o m&y soo ftt. ad furthor prodded
~tUuyof~)r~ttl~~8tUot~a~do~u,of .
hi88U~kl8goUrtLt~#uar~~#~~~rtbc~W~
of &scout and diatrhtbm d th State 4 Twa.
Pangrbph s of &O doaodo8t’s ti provfdo# as f0&~8:
lfti8oufurthOrrLU.rdd88indtho
wUl~&orlroofouhofu.thatLtboomt
OfthOdOatkOfr**&mlt4mem8l yorkthe
event our &tir shall be so rarly c#cIrro*
that 10 adduistntim aodd be &ad uuder thta
W~OfdOOt&OOfthOftZ8tdOUOdO~~tb
survivor of uo u lxoator or lxecmtrtx, thoa
ulhthatomtdlproportyofmrykldull
chumter, real, personal and aiued, whether
upante or cerna~uulty, of which we a&y die,
8Owda8dp88o88Od8hAllpse8tOuldvO8tL
•8r~~or~m,~uy,8~o~8h~
al&o, 4 if aaid chtld or childrou, or either
ofthom,8halAbouadortko~~ooftwoaty-omo
yo~r~thoarJiatbtovontth&pWtof~
l8t&OtOWhiCh88ChslhO~chlllO?Ck~F0~
t8lUtitbdtO rOCOiV0 8hdk bid htZS#tb
ou inocutor to be boroiuafter umnod, uutil 8ud
after uehaluor ckild or dUdro8 8bll roach
th e l OftWOStp-OM par#WhOB 88UIO 8hdl
be doc vorod to lt or t&m in full. It lm ou? do-
#jIO, hwovor, that our maidlxocutor 8b& and
Lt 1s heroby author-d ui osnpaworod to oxpond
,omueh o flcid minor clrild.8 OT chUdren’8
Ho& Doe. H. ahappard, Pa@. 4 (0.39SO)
h Uid ~rA~r8~ s Of - dOCOdOmt
AtbE@td t0
t8kO88rodthOSh8tb8wilOrOhiSSurvlvfq8pOUSOlmuld
ate eith e8tn~O884
r Wtth h&n or so wuly uuurnut
thmtao8dmiaistr8tio8coddkh8duabrtbwi& h8uch
lvoatitr88 the decode&m dmmtnthmtmll of MS property
puma m~dvoSttohl8 cUdron, &fury, prodbd furtbr th8t
lf'biS Child or ~dn8wor, U8dOr th0 8~0 0fhO8ty-01~
yomrm that 8 trust mbouldbmC?OAtOd to hold mumhproperty
untilS&id child oz childron 8tt8iUod their mqjority.
The quO#tiOn & f&i8 Moo &8 Who&Or th pr~~iSiOa#
in p8?8~?8~ i. A- qUotod, Ati SUffkiOUt SO tbt it m&y k
S&id the pommibtlityof tbo doeodoat ha-2 chillron WAS bun-
timned- la his S&id will wftbfa the mom&q of Arttcb 8293. sup?&.
we bolfovo that this qUomtieU h8m bomu answered by
tha Supreme Court of Texas in the cue of Pouco v. Pearce,
131 S.W. 210. 19 that CUSS tbo docodont’mwill ematmtnod tbmfol-
lowiq provlmloUm,
"ltom k 'To my hmmbmad,
JWSkO8 E. Pourco,
1 b0 quo&b &t n d aj&COSt OlU-hdf Of ht u.
block lO0. rUy of Au&a. 08 wkick our kmne is
hAltm8dwkichwayladhidualproportyto-
gothor with auy m( alI riahta to amdtntOrO#tS in
t]ukiidhgSJimpr ovomout* tlrrt may *mist
O888idbt8&8~8tthOtiUUOfPL~dO~thS
sun0 to be hold by Mm ia foe simpla without coadi-
em.*
'hrn2r'Ikque&thkmy hub8~d JunomE.
POUCO, my idUO#t h 1080 ACrO8 d Ei#lia Ud
other s-y8 now owned J~iatly by my #tatOr LilliSS
8Ud my#df, tOg8thr With ti tb. bddk#8 .d h-
provmxnOat8UpmA8d AppUPtO~t t0 m8mOt0 k
hewp., UjoyOd by kh in Ab8OhtO rt#ht 8Udh
.
'&On? 4; 'I~qruAthml,sar-fOU~inknSt
hth0 h~OdO~bt~OfEIl~ f8thOr*8OS~tO bt8 7,
a, od 9 in block 108, c:ty of Austin, tm my Inothu~
XasLGO*.& w, *A$. s (0-3900)
u~i~#~k~ul~Uk~n~Sllrlyluuklrl
bontothe docodont*mbodywutbooalytiau&mttL pss(-
bllky d children bo* born WAS roforrod to by tbm doeodoat
khOrWi& ~OC~ttSt8ka~O~~8t~~~O~~k~#~~
.A# fOhWS$
.It is the coatontion of the dofelldmt in
error that she vu8 uver ~08tio8od’ la the will
of her mother. u that tormr us Ltrdrl to be
eo- in tha lBW&uor WAS uy proviaioll acdo
for her. Thla viw la utqoniaod ud ronWed
by her futhmr, who c~fmm that mho WAS both mea-
tienod and provided for in 13u wffl. Wo think there
CukmOdoUbt tk8t,&#th8~WElO8&th8ttS~
t0 b0 UlbdUStOOd, 8b WAS WbOlltiOUOd iU tb0 Will,
lVO1 F[ it COdd b0 hOl( th8t 8hO WASrOt p?OVidOd
fO? tn SUnlO. 4 th8t than WAS SO ~VotAtkUA, &d
th8ttkS lSt8tS p88SOd kfO0 Sbnpk t0 hOrfAthO?,
Jmn08 E.P*&?u...'
Tbr Suprome hurt kurrirtng ltthm eorchmimn rmumhmd referred
totho~oroumdocimio8m of emurtmofOt&r ltmtemforthopurpomo
of mottiq out the tmmt~xrylopd by thorn-that is whothor o r lot
the child WAS ‘me-d within the znommiq of Art&& 8293, luprm,
do~~oaw~tlurfrab~~~~wllltnth~ht~~~
eirSwrl8krcom n -84 that tke hflW0 to make pr 03 StOa8 for 8
child be4 bon wu not dw to tnadvortonco or overmight. The cwrt
roferrod to the use d ChiomSo,&& Q.R.Co.v.Wummrx1~~.22 Fod.
672, d stated AS fOhW#r
.
. . . Th8t C&M TV didlagubheblo froa\ the
one at kr in other hnportent TOSPed#. The will
i8 SOt OUt At k,l#tb k t.. OpbiO,B .d C- Xi0
kind of eeforonco.~romm or ianMod. (0 mnv child,
gr to th0 De##ibUitY Of tb0 Wi#tOlLCO d ChildrOa;
whO?O&#, hti CMO bOfOr0 uw,fnthO foruth Cl&US0
Copi lbovO.MrS. POATCO 800%118 tOh8vOb8d t8
viewtho contlyoncyofhming IfvtDg lmmuobmraof
her body. Wba the difforoau k ti mtmtutom is
MO& ae0.H. aopJmr& Pm* 6 (049S8)
The ceut referred to t&o cue of &esoo v. 8tib8, zt Wia. l20.
8dmt8tMufollewu
*
. . . whileluthste&othowillisuot
UtOUt~hl&,88S&UllU7 Of it8 to-8 18
ThO co&t reforrod to the C880 d WAtSmUr v. lfawkina, 63 MO.
u6, Ud 8t8tSd U fO~SW8:
. opiaioa k that ema Uao con-
. . . The
ta iuo
thl
efgaifiurt remarkthat *~bero is
J&Othh# ifb 8Utb 8 PTOTidM t0 8UZ808t tbt th0
The court rofqrrod to tko cmmooHfoekmoatthv. 6lushor, 26 Ado.
237,mdquotodfrantho 8uprano CowtdhAimmowik m8id e880
AS fObW#r
. . . . ‘This provimbn of thm ltmtuto hms bmoa
uvorml thorn boforo tUm uwt for Jdfdml cou-
S~EUC&U, 4 n may 8~ b0 eOIh#idOnd AS 80w0d
tb t
thl
0
bj0a Of n k te pni~s0 u i~tomtu~
WhS8 th0 child. Or th0 dO8UOUdUt Of 8UCh dbira
unknownm rorgottoa,M tbu uaWont&nUly mlttodg
a th0 DrO#UKtDtio tlut - -t**tOll t8 ~tUttOBCl
PUP k rrhtted whtit the toner of the will or uw ~8rt
of n idiC&tSS th8t the child or #?Mdchud WAS not for-
cotton. ..‘(Undmrmeo~ own)
Tho court quoted frwn th opinion in ti mmmo
of Guttar v. hrdon.
17 M.o. 404, and 8t8trd AS fOuW#l
na4 000. x. aeppard, Pu#eI (0.39SOl
lR sh o uldb ro o mo lmb o tu
r ed
th is
M U th 4 t,
88 WO bU0 8008, th0 p?OpO~ iU qlW#ttOa WAS th0
SOp8rAtO lSt&tO Of &h#. PoA?CO. h&Or thr hW ShO
might dood mmmo,wbr Jobod bykmrhumbmd,tm
&Ay pOr#OU for Uy Ut&fUtOr)r to
CSm#idOrAtisa
her, ul a0 child or ehUdn8 could eomplala Under
the knw do im8utbriaOd to Unet tho di#~#triur
of th eM m0b yd& litbOr to &o Baturd objeCta of
~r~,orb~krtrnk~~,.ortoe~~~~t
to 8truyor8. AJ her ht lotodoemmnotbo abridpul
OrdOBtOd@O88hhtbt ifi!! under a f&r cmstructfe~~
ltmtutorouoda
o fa 0
p*u*ithortlutprovUoamboaUkmdo forthoLd.
h ow CA80 the doeodomt bfi him p?Op~dy \rPdr?tbo tom*
0f p8ryruph 3 t0h ima ur vivlrlpmumo.
y Howovu. n ia our opiptosr
tranr 8 rOSdk8 of the wffl. ird lSpOCidly pUAgr&ph 5 thOnof, th8t
thodocu&08t*mchfMror,uuysworo -montfomP hlthorffl. xti8our
opitria tlut pWAgrA)lb s ShOW8 CWChlSi~ly tbt th0 POSShflitl Of
&Wnr be4 bon wu had in mid when the wffl WAS luuuted by
the doe&at, ymt ho proform to &uv0 him property to Ma SUrvi*tnl
Ha.ae0.H. aoPpud,hp 8 (300)
l
poamowhkhkoUdari@tkdouder&olaw. Thonfon
n k lU SOUh#iOU th8t AdidS 8293. SUpr8, h8S uo wu-
Ut~tOt2wWi%h~SU8ObOO8UO qo pe##tMllty of
c M ldr o 8b o im#b o nlm#r o eo g d no db y tb o do
%lU~- - h hi8 a Wtthh &O =OuL( Of #&id ArtidO.
l =Go&l8h - 1 If*. &Vi80 ti bOqUO&th
Uk=Y*,uu7-, dl of =v p=we*.
reel, pO?#& ad mM, add w)uroseovor lttmmtod,
of lvs sort 84 do*crtptio& wnh full power to
801l 83 caavey aud U8pwo of same, or any puty
thUOd,4*8hOmaydO*irOrulatS4thOUdia
8Uk WI & Um SUUh tOVE&S U ShO lTb8y lkCt,
8~WtthfrllpOWOrhthO~i808tOCOUVO~hd
&WhtO h #k+O titb thO?OtO.
l‘w:-&iSU!l~~SUdir#i?OthBtU~
tb dO&th Sf E&t b.bVUd Wif., bdw -, 8bdd
then runalu uy of add prop* in hOr~~8US8iorr
motdfmpomodoforumod byhor,
oumb roakmfabgprop-
ltty~~S8k~kCO&OtkO??O?Uty of=Y
&uu&tor. Marf Lednma~ Poole, sow of NW York,
NW Yorh.‘.
htlut~inloa~lr,udk~ru~uLLtIut~totrl
Mount of tam should be 88U8804 8iUSt tk0 Wif8 d ti &SOdOUt,
40mptt0 thm futthat by #O t~tnrm Y th0 rtll ShO 8Ot S~Othb~ b88
thu fO0 Shnph tfd,O t0 th0 prOpOrtp We klbm
8 that tit Ophrioa
umwirm the quo& im th0 Sam0 v nOW 8ubdt t0 US. b thi*
rompoctwo tmtltomotm fry dbtfrrcti*m botwooUeke Pottlbom wul
di,eu,d tn Ophia No. Q-2351 ti tho ffdort will discusad b
this 0phiOm.
iha. ti. #. 8bPpW'd, PA- 9 (03950)
h8WWd#thiS~StiO8~h8~t?S8tdt&iS-
s~atLu~~~w~uu~u8mrttrrafir~tm-
pr~mmioa doapito the f8et t&t o8 tb 26th d8y of hhrc14 1940,
thm Probmto Cart of Jofformom County, Texas, prob8tod tkm
will of the docodomt ad ltmtod i8 rid ardor that the 8urviviag
lpouu WAS omtttlod to ti mf thm tO#*tOr*S p?OpO~ to tbm l8tiro
lx r lumio no fth ekildrorbon8ub~qwmttoth
o thothawlll
was lxocutod. ‘No do so for th0 roumou that much 8 provisiou
iu an order of 8 Probate Court probmtiug8 will is OSno force
a d lSfoct k 8 litm8tiom when th ehildro8 underhtimlo 1293
luprm, mro b trot l8tnlod to 8 pmrtielpmtfaa k tho lmtatm of thm
lmtmtor. So0 Ilrutou v. Cormocttcut Gaeml LKo 1omurueo Can-
pany, 72 &W.(U) 3l8, by the Fort Worth Court of Civil Appeals,
writ of error refused by tbm Suprome Court, mad Conroy v.
Conroy, UO Tot 5QI, 110S.W.(Zd) SU. Wo have thoroforo coa-
lSdorod tbo ri&tm of h childror u&or Article 8293 witbut mny
roSomc0 whmtmoovor to thmportiond thm Probate Court order
wb,ich lttmmptmte cxcludm tbm chillron from uy putictpdion in
th elmta to o sth o
to8t8tor.
Tours vary truly.
ATTOXNEY QENERU OF TEXAS
BY
BG:LM:*
APPROVED OCT 7,lPU
a/ GROVER SELLEnRS
FIRST ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
APPROVEPI
OPINION COMMITTEE
BY BWB, CSUIRMAN