Legal Opinion

Estate of Morris

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 31, 1979No. 8959PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDS, Justice.

The probate of an earlier will was set aside upon proof of a later, valid will made more than two years afterwards and against the contention that the application to probate the last will is a will contest barred by the two-year statute of limitations, but probate of the last will was denied after the jury found an agreement between the principal beneficiaries not to offer the last will for probate. Absent a concurrent agreement for a division of the estate, the agreement not to offer the last will for probate is ineffective to prevent its probate. Affirmed in part; reversed…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Gulbenkian v. PennTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Little Rock Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. DunnTexas Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Collora v. NavarroTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Barfield v. Howard M. Smith Company of AmarilloTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Ranger Insurance Co. v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Shepherd v. LedfordTexas Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Brown v. Traylor, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2006
  3. DeWoody v. RippleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Pickelner v. Adler, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
  5. Schindler v. Schindler, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2003

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