In Re the Estate of Alexander
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FELIPE REYNA, Justice.
Appellant Ben C. Lambeth filed suit in the County Court of McLennan County, sitting as a probate court, alleging the existence of a nuncupative will made by the decedent Stephen Ellis Alexander. On Lambeth’s motion, the County Court transferred the case to a McLennan Coun*329ty district court, which rendered judgment in favor of Appellees Cheryl and Deborah Alexander, Stephen’s sisters, who alleged that Stephen died intestate. Because there is no legal basis for a constitutional county court to transfer a probate matter to a district court in a county in which there…
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- Oldham v. KeatonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
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