Warne v. Jackson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County ; Bruce Young, Judge. Proceeding to probate will of John L. Jackson, deceased, by George B. Warne, contested by Robert I. Jackson and another. From an order of county court denying probate, proponent appealed to the district court, and from judgment of district court, adjudging contestants ' qualified to contest probate, and from a judgment denying probate of the will, the proponent separately appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
Appellant as the executor named in a certain will purporting to be that of John L. Jackson, deceased, sought to probate the same in the county court of Tar-rant county. The probate of the will was contested by Robert I. Jackson and Sarah A. Jackson, the first claiming to be a son of the testator and the latter his widow. The county court sustained the contest, and denied probate of the will. From that order an appeal was taken by appellant to the district court, where it was alleged by appellant that appellees had no right or authority to contest the will because the said Sarah A. Jackson was…
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