Legal Opinion
Sonenthal v. Wheatley
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided September 1, 1983No. 01-82-0715-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, Justice.
This suit concerns a dispute over ownership of the Tom Wheatley Company, a Texas corporation. Thomas Wheatley, Sr. (“decedent”) died intestate in 1970. The appellants are his granddaughters and the appel-lees are his sons. The appellants claim an undivided interest in one-fourth of the decedent’s estate, including an ownership interest in the Tom Wheatley Company.
No administration was ever taken on the decedent’s estate. A suit was filed in 1974 by the appellants to compel production of decedent’s will. The pleadings in that suit asserted that the appellants believed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Borderlon v. PeckTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Wilcox v. St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1975
- Mooney v. HarlinTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Estate of Stonecipher v. Estate of ButtsTexas Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bader v. Cox, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985
- Clade v. Larsen, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
- Trevino v. Trevino, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2001
- Horwood v. Wagner & Brown, Ltd.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1999
- Treviño v. TreviñoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
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