Mayo v. Mattiza

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a will contest. Walter H. Matti-za, the decedent, executed a self-proving will on July 28, 1966 leaving all of his property to his surviving wife, Dorothy Mattiza, proponent of the will in the lower courts. James Henry Mayo and Diane Mayo, contestants in the courts below, contested the offer of probate of that will. They contended that it had been revoke! by the testator by the execution of a late, holographic will. The judge of the Probate Court of Nueces County, Texas refused to admit either the July 28, 1966 will or the alleged holographic will to probate as…