Legal Opinion

Sanders v. Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided September 18, 1996No. 03-95-00389-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

JONES, Justice. .

The opinion filed herein on July 17, 1996 is withdrawn, and the following is issued in lieu thereof.

Appellee Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America (“Council”) sought to probate the will of Mary Lavinia Griffith (“decedent”). Appellant Sylvia Sanders, the daughter and only heir at law of the decedent, contested the will and, in a separate proceeding, sought a declaration that an irrevocable inter vivos trust created by the decedent, which was executed before the will and placed all her property in trust, was valid and that the trust assets passed…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. McConnell v. Southside Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. S.S.Texas Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Stiles v. Resolution Trust Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Crowson v. WakehamTexas Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. 1001 McKinney Ltd. v. Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2006
  2. Swinehart v. Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
  3. Guest v. Cochran, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
  4. Garcia v. Garza, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2010
  5. ADT Security Services, Inc. v. Van Peterson Fine Jewelers, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2012

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