Pena Y Vidaurri's Estate v. Bruni
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Webb County; J. F. Mullally, Judge. Application by Francisco Martinez to probate tbe will of Clara de Jesus Pena y Vidaurri, contested by A. M. Bruni and Juan Vidaurri. From a judgment dismissing contest by Juan Vidaurri, and denying probate, tbe proponent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
Francisco Martinez sought to probate the will of Clara de Jesus Pena y Vidaurri, which had already been probated in Mexico, by which will testatrix bequeathed to Maria del Refugio Pena y Zamorana and to Victor Pena, son of said Maria, all of her un•divided interest in two tracts of land in Webb county, Tex., known as the Dolores and Cor-alitos tracts; the same being parts of a lar-” ger tract granted by the government of Spain to Jose Vasquez Borrego and known as the JoseVasquez Borrego grant. Martinez claimed to have bought the interest of said dev-isees in said lands, and desired to have…
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