Wilson v. Estate of Wilson

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a probate court’s order denying an application to probate a holographic will. The application was denied on the basis of jury findings of lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. On original submission, we reversed and remanded for a new trial holding that the admission into evidence of a prior judgment, which recited a finding of undue influence in a suit to cancel a deed from the testatrix to appellant, constituted harmful error. Wilson v. Estate of Wilson, 581 S.W.2d 729 (Tex.Civ.App.—Dallas 1979). The supreme court disagreed with that…