Legal Opinion

Ball v. Cundiff

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 31, 1939No. 13887Published

1Opinion

On Motion for Rehearing.

It is true that the executor of the estate of H. M. Ball, deceased, had the statutory right to institute the suit against the defendants to' recover title to the ½ interest in the land in controversy, which belonged to the estate of his testator, without joinder of the heirs of H. M. Ball, under the provisions of Article 1981, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes. It is also true that without joinder of those heirs of H. M. Ball, deceased, he could recover against the defendants the ½ interest in the property belonging to the testator, or any part thereof, according to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. May v. SladeTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Cotton v. CoitTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Duncanson v. HowellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
  4. Keith v. KeithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  5. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. WarrenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934

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