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Court Affirmed The Trial Court’s Refusal To Probate A Will Due To The Statute Of Limitations

By David Fowler Johnson on July 10, 2024
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals

In In re Est. of Hartwell, a trial court granted summary judgment that the applicant to probate a will was not entitled to do so due to the statute of limitations. No. 06-23-00054-CV, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 166 (Tex. App.—Texarkana December 6, 2023, no pet. history). The decedent died…

Court Affirmed The Decision To Not Probate A Copy Of A Lost Will

By David Fowler Johnson on March 19, 2023
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals

In In re Est. of Brown, a charity attempted to probate a copy of a lost will. No. 01-19-00953-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 9259 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] December 20, 2022, no pet. history). The trial court denied the application, and the charity appealed. The court of appeals affirmed.

Court Reversed Order Admitting A Will To Probate As A Muniment Of Title Due To The Statute Of Limitations

By David Fowler Johnson on August 5, 2022
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals

In Marshall v. Estate of Freeman, a trial court’s order admitting a will as a muniment of title forty-one years after the testator’s death was reversed. No. 03-20-00449-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 2857 (Tex. App.—Austin April 29, 2022, no pet. history).

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