Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Swanson
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided September 25, 2003No. 08-02-00154-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment granting a no-evidence summary judgment. The facts are these: The Appellant, Mattie Murphy, is the sister of the decedent, Amanda Swanson; Ms. Swanson died in August 1996, at the age of 101; in July 1997, the Appellee, Booker T. Mayes, filed an application to probate a document purporting to be Ms. Swanson’s 1990 will; and it was admitted into probate by muniment of title by order of the trial court dated September 10,1997.
Ms. Murphy claims that she discovered the order admitting the will to probate in March 1998, and she…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Williams v. Bank One, Texas, N.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1999
- Callaghan Ranch, Ltd. v. Killam, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2001
- Cuyler v. Minns, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Garcia v. State Farm Lloyds, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
- Martin v. McDonnold, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2007
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