Palmer v. Coble Wall Trust Co., Inc.

The entire court agrees that the outcome of this case should be decided by determining the legislature’s intent in enacting H.B. 479 of 1985, which amended section 5A(b) of the Texas Probate Code (the “Amendment”). While it is clear that the bill was passed in reaction to this court’s decision in Seay v. Hall, 677 S.W.2d 19 (Tex.1984), the legislative history of the Amendment makes it unlikely that the legislature, including the bill’s author,1 intended to expand probate court jurisdiction to cover the present suit.

Furthermore, while the interpretation of the 1985 amendment to section 5A(b)…