Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Slaughter
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided January 20, 2010No. 06-09-00081-CVPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice MORRISS.
When George Slaughter drafted his holographic will in 1955, little could he foresee that this brief, handwritten document would become the subject of litigation in the year 2009. This case is an appeal from a declaratory judgment interpreting the Will of Slaughter.
The issue before us is whether Slaughter intended to devise all of the mineral rights in his estate to his three sons to be held in common or whether he intended to devise only the royalties to his three sons to be held in common, with the remainder of the mineral estate passing to each of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Quick v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- DeWitt County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. ParksTexas Supreme Court · 1999
- San Antonio Area Foundation v. LangTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children of Texas v. StahlTexas Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Knopf v. William Robert Gray, Karen Ann Gray, & Polasek Farms, LLCTexas Supreme Court · 2018
- ConocoPhillips, Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., L.P., and Lois Strieber, Individually and as of the Estate of Jerry Strieber v. Ralph Wade Koopmann, Karen Marie Koenig, and Lorene H. Koopmann, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2016
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