Ball v. Knox

OPINION

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is a case contesting a will. Newell Ancil Hogan, (testator), a resident of Harris County, died on March 16, 1985. The testator left a holographic will dated June 23,1976. On August 14,1984, the will was admitted to probate. On January 8, 1986, appellee Ernest Knox, Independent Administrator with Will Annexed of the Estate, along with the other appellees who are the putative heirs of the testator, filed an original petition for will construction alleging that provisions of the will contained certain ambiguities; that the will purports to create one…