Mejorada v. Gonzalez

OPINION

DIAL, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal for lack of jurisdiction over a suit for conversion of assets of an estate.

Appellant, the administrator of the estate, sued appellee in district court for conversion of a certificate of deposit claimed by the estate, and alternatively, for imposition of a constructive trust on the proceeds of that certificate. The district court dismissed without prejudice for want of jurisdiction. The court held the action was within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Webb constitutional county court or of the Webb County Court at Law.

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