Legal Opinion

Burks v. Bennett

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1881No. Case No. 4265PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Maverick. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas M. Paschal.

1Opinion of the Court

Bonner, Associate Justice.

This is a probate proceeding relating to the estate of Ramirez, deceased.

It originated in the county court 'of Maverick county on the motion of appellee, Tennessee A. Bennett, as one of the distributees of said estate, to remove the administration into the district court of that county, on the ground that John S. Sproull, the county judge, was disqualified.

*239The alleged ground of his disqualification was that he owned two probated claims against the estate, one for $4.50, the other for $18.14.

The motion was overruled by the county judge, and from that judgment an…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Glavecke v. TijirinaTexas Supreme Court · 1859

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Burks v. BennettTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Prendergass v. BealeTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  3. McFarland v. HammondTexas Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Pendegrass v. BealeTexas Supreme Court · 1883

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