Hamilton v. Gregory

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Harris County, Texas, which denied an application for a writ of mandamus to require Judge Pat Gregory of the Probate Court No. 2 to determine in limine whether Depelchin Faith Home has the requisite interest to contest the probate of a will offered for probate by Rayburn M. Hamilton.

Relator filed an application to probate the will of Esther M. Mowrer, Deceased, in the Probate Court No. 2 of Harris County, Texas. Depelchin Faith Home filed a contest in which it was alleged that the Home was a beneficiary under a prior…