Legal Opinion
Ortega v. First RepublicBank Fort Worth, N.A.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 1990No. C-8181PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
RAY, Justice.
Petitioners’ and respondents’ motions for rehearing are overruled. However, we withdraw our opinion of November 15, 1989 and substitute the following.
J.B. Tubb set up a testamentary trust. Nine years after Tubb’s death, in 1963, the trustee filed a declaratory judgment suit to resolve the question of whether adopted children were beneficiaries of the trust. The trial court ruled that adopted children were not beneficiaries, and the court of appeals affirmed. Martin v. Neel, 379 S.W.2d 422 (Tex.Civ.App. — Fort Worth 1964, writ ref’d). In 1986, the adopted…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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