Legal Opinion

in Re San Jacinto County

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided September 19, 2013No. 14-13-00723-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

On August 15, 2013, relator San Jacinto County filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221; see also Tex.R.App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Christine Butts, presiding judge of Probate Court No. 4 of Harris County, to grant its motion to transfer venue. We conditionally grant the writ.

BACKGROUND

On April 19, 2012, Jack Polk passed away in Harris County. Real-party-in-interest George Polk is the named independent executor and a beneficiary of the decedent’s estate. As a part of the decedent’s will, the…

3Cases cited6 opinions

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