Legal Opinion

Collins v. Collins

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 24, 1971No. 14936PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARROW, Chief Justice.

A will contest. Appellants, Mrs. Isaac Clarence Collins, Jr., Maude Smith, and Elsie Joshua, three devisees of an instrument dated February 9, 1967, executed by deceased, Isaac Clarence Collins, Jr., seek, by petition for writ of error, to review a judgment of the district court entered on a jury verdict denying probate of such instrument as the last will and testament of testator.

Appellees, D. C. Collins and Bettye Collins Childs Allen, an illegitimate son and adopted daughter of testator, who are hereinafter referred to as contestants, have filed a motion to dismiss…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. v. McCardellTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  2. McEwen v. HarrisonTexas Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Gunn v. CavanaughTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Loper v. AndrewsTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Mullen v. RobertsTexas Supreme Court · 1968

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Tankard-Smith, Inc. General Contractors v. ThursbyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Castanon v. Monsevais, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1985
  3. Robert S. Wilson Investments No. 16 Ltd. v. Blumer, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
  4. Garcia v. Arbor Green Owners Ass'n, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
  5. Powell v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977

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