Legal Opinion

Houston v. Norton

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 29, 1924No. 1615PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWalthall, J.

This apepal presents the contest of the will of Mrs. E. A. Houston.

Mrs. Docia Ella Norton filed an application for the probate of the will. John Houston, Ed Houston, C. P. Houston, and Mrs. D. D. Curtis, joined by her husband, Jim Curtis, all children of the testatrix, except Jim Curtis, contested the probating of the will upon the grounds that at the time of the execution of the will Mrs. E. A. Houston was not of sound mind, and that Mrs. Docia Ella Norton and her husband, Joe Norton, had unduly influenced Mrs. Houston in its execution.

Judgment was entered in the county court admitting said…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Scott v. TownsendTexas Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Scott v. TownsendTexas Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Prather v. McClellandTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Brown v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  5. Simon v. MiddletonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Brown v. Traylor, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2006
  2. Bell v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Brown v. Traylor, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2006

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