Galen E. Murphy, Independent Executor v. John O. Slaton

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the 1928 Murphy will was a contractual joint and mutual will, binding the parties and limiting its reach to property owned by the spouses at the time of B. H. Murphy's death; codicils could not alter that disposition but governed only Annie E. Murphy's after‑acquired property. The court reversed the appellate court and remanded for further determination of the estate's composition.