Legal Opinion
May v. Walter
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided December 10, 1997No. 07-96-0220-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, Senior Justice
(Retired).
This appeal requires us to determine whether the trial court was correct in summarily holding that (1) a certificate of deposit was included in the testator’s bequest of tangible personal property, and (2) attorney’s fees were to be paid from the estate. Concluding that the court erred in its holding with respect to the certificate, but not with respect to attorney’s fees, we will respectively reverse and remand in part and affirm in part.
On 26 November 1993, Ralph W. Moore died, leaving his 21 October 1992 will, by which he named his surviving three nieces, Lurena Walter, Billie…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Oake v. Collin CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children of Texas v. StahlTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Huffman v. HuffmanTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Heinatz v. AllenTexas Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Connie Nipp v. Terry Lee Broumley, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Walterine Opal Broumley, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2009
- Edwards, Jr., C. A., Individually and as Guardian of Estate of Hazel M. Edwards and as Personal Representative and Heir of Hazel M. Edwards And the Estate of Hazel M. Edwards v. Pena, Maria Concepcion Shelly, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001