Connellee v. Roberts
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Eastland. Tried below before J. E. Cockrell, Esq., Special Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
HEAD, Associate Justice.
On June 7, 1871, the will of M. J. Hall, Sr., was admitted to probate in the District Court of Harrison County, Texas. By this will it was provided that no action should be had in the courts in regard to the testator’s estate, except the probate and registration of his will and the return of an inventory, and also that the executors should not be required to give bond. M. J. Hall, Jr., and Samuel S. Mosely were named as executors.
The petition to probate this will was in the name of M. J. Hall, Jr., only, but the order admitting the will to probate directed that letters…
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