Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Jackson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 27, 1981No. 9254PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COUNTISS, Justice.

The central issue in this appeal is whether appellant Marie Parker (hereafter “Mrs. Parker”) is barred by the two year statute of limitations from asserting a claim against her father’s estate for her share of her mother’s estate. We conclude she is not and reverse and remand.

Maudie Martha Jackson and D. F. Jackson were the parents of Mrs. Parker. Mau-die Martha Jackson died intestate in 1949 and was survived by her husband and eleven children. Mrs. Parker was 20 years old at that time. When Maudie Martha Jackson died, the primary community asset was 320 acres of farm land.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Fidelity Union Insurance v. HutchinsTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Wingo v. RudderTexas Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Farr v. BellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Fidelity Union Ins. Co. v. HutchinsTexas Supreme Court · 1939

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Harrison v. ParkerTexas Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Cuevas v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. In the Matter of the Estate of Helen Gayle Wells v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2023

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