Brown v. Mitchell
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. This suit was originally instituted in the County Court of Tarrant County, Texas, at the November Term, 1886, by appellees, John Mitchell and Lizzie Winters, joined by the latter’s husband, J. W. Winters, to set aside a former judgment of said court entered on the probate docket at the July Term, 1886, probating a certain written instrument as the last will and testament of Mrs. Lizzie…
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. This suit was originally instituted in the County Court of Tarrant County, Texas, at the November Term, 1886, by appellees, John Mitchell and Lizzie Winters, joined by the latter’s husband, J. W. Winters, to set aside a former judgment of said court entered on the probate docket at the July Term, 1886, probating a certain written instrument as the last will and testament of Mrs. Lizzie Brown, deceased wife of appellant, and granting letters testamentary to appellant; appellees alleging in their petition, in…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
—Lizzie Brown and George B. Brown were husband and wife, and during the continuance of their marriage acquired certain property. Lizzie Brown executed a will giving all of her property to her husband, George Brown, and afterwards died, in Tarrant County, Texas. This will was admitted to probate in Tar-rant County.
George B. Brown and his wife Lizzie at one time resided in the State of Michigan, in which State, during the marriage, they adopted a girl child, afterwards known as Lizzie Brown, which adoption was evidenced by a certain writing and a judgment of a Probate…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Clapp v. . FullertonNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Beaubien v. CicotteMichigan Supreme Court · 1864
- Potts v. HouseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Kempsey v. McGinnissMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- Brown v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
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3Cited by132 opinions
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- Lindley v. LindleyTexas Supreme Court · 1964
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