Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Gilliland

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided July 11, 1984No. 05-82-01408-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

677 S.W.2d 105 (1984)

Terri L. ANDERSON, Appellant,

v.

Cleo GILLILAND, Appellee.

No. 05-82-01408-CV.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 11, 1984.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 1984.

Before CARVER, GUILLOT and STEWART, JJ.

STEWART, Justice.

This is an appeal from a suit by a remainder devisee, Terri L. Anderson ("Anderson"), under the will of her father, Lawrence Gilliland (the "deceased"), against Cleo Gilliland ("Gilliland"), the widow of Lawrence Gilliland and the executrix of his estate. For the reasons below, we sustain both Anderson's point of error and Gilliland's cross-point.

On a former…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Dakan v. DakanTexas Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Rice v. RiceTexas Supreme Court · 1858
  3. Tarver v. TarverTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Gleich v. BongioTexas Supreme Court · 1937
  5. McKinley v. McKinleyTexas Supreme Court · 1973

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