Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Russell

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided November 18, 2009No. 08-07-00187-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

Bertha May Russell executed a will on February 20, 2002. Following her death, the will was admitted to probate in Montague County, Texas. After probate and the appointment of her son, Kenneth Russell, as the independent executor, three of Mrs. Russell’s granddaughters — Beth Bridgens, Connie Wilkerson, and Harva Kuykendall (collectively Appellees) — filed a will contest challenging her testamentary capacity and alleging undue influence, lack of testamentary intent, and malicious tor-tious interference with inheritance. A jury found that Mrs. Russell had…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Virginia O. Kinsel, as Attorney-In-Fact for J. Frank Kinsel, J. Frank Kinsel, Jr., Carole K. Edwards, and Catherine K. Collins v. Jane O. Lindsey, Individually and as Co-Trustee of the Lesey B. Kinsel Trust, Robert N. Oliver, Keith Branyon and Jackson Walker, LlpTexas Supreme Court · 2017
  2. Wackman v. RubsamenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
  3. Richard T. Archer, David B. Archer, Carol Archer Bugg, John v. Archer, Karen Archer Ball, and Sherri Archer v. T. Mark Anderson and Christine Anderson, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Ted AndersonTexas Supreme Court · 2018
  4. Victory Energy Corporation, Smart Gas, LLC, and HCP Investments, LLC v. Oz Gas Corporation, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2014
  5. Anderson v. ArcherCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016

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