Legal Opinion
Estate of Torrance v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided June 26, 1991No. 08-90-00349-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FULLER, Justice.
This is an appeal from a dismissal for want of jurisdiction of an application to determine heirship that was pending in the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ector County. We reverse.
The stated basis for dismissal was that the county court did not have jurisdiction of the application to determine heirship because the district court had entered a judgment of escheat in favor of the State of Texas.
FACTS
E. Marie Torrance died intestate in New York, in May of 1959. On October 19, 1972, ancillary administration was instituted in Odessa, Texas, because of royalty interests owned…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thomas v. TollonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Trevino v. LermaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Bell v. HinkleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Stroud v. LindseyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
3Cited by7 opinions
- Green v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
- In Re Estate of Torrance, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1999
- Dessie Maria Andrews and Dan Parkhurst v. Timothy C. Smith, Independent of the Estate of William F. Baska, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
- Dessie Maria Andrews and Dan Parkhurst v. Timothy C. Smith, Independent of the Estate of William F. Baska, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
- Dessie Maria Andrews and Dan Parkhurst v. Timothy C. Smith, Independent of the Estate of William F. Baska, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
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