Byrum Haile, Petitioners v. Clyde H. Holtzclaw, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the trial court and Court of Civil Appeals and remanded for a new trial, holding that W. B. Haile died intestate as to real property, that his will devised royalty interests only during Irene's lifetime with a reversion to his heirs, that the deed executed by Holtzclaw was a gift of the described interests, that the deed’s description and acknowledgement were sufficient, and that mental‑health orders were admissible evidence of capacity but insufficient to support the jury’s finding of incapacity.