Leahy v. Timon
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court o£ Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Nueces County. Mrs. Leahy and others brought suit against Timón and others to set aside the probate of a will in the County Court. Defendants prevailed there, and on appeal in the District Court, and the judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (181 S. W., 520) whereupon appellants obtained writ of error.-
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
This was a suit to contest the validity of the probated will of Mrs. Ellen Timón, deceased. It was brought by certain of Mrs. Ellen Timón’s heirs, including Ella Ellis, a daughter of a deceased son of Mrs. Timón, and including Cecelia Leahy, a daughter of Mrs. Timón, joined by her husband, Phillip Leahy, against the devisees under the will, including Walter F. Timón, a son of Mrs. Ellen Timón and executor of the will. The will was attacked on the grounds: first, that its execution was induced by the exercise of undue influence on the testatrix by Walter F. Timón; and second, that the…
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