Legal Opinion

Estate of Riggins

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided September 30, 1996No. 07-95-0252-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOYD, Justice.

In three points of error, Harry Edward Riggins and William Lee Riggins (proponents) challenge trial court discovery sanctions which, they claim, “assured that the innocent deceased’s will would be overturned as surely as if the court had set it aside by entering a default judgment.” As independent co-executors of the estate of Coral Elizabeth Riggins (Coral), they claim the trial court 1) erred in granting sanctions barring all testimony and evidence relating to the drafting and signing of Coral’s will and limiting testimony to a single witness, 2) “denied justice and due…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. v. PowellTexas Supreme Court · 1991
  4. GTE Communications Systems Corp. v. TannerTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Alvarado v. Farah Manufacturing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Rodriguez, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2002
  2. Decker v. DeckerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
  3. ADKINS SERVICES INC. v. Tisdale Co., Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
  4. Cummings v. Cire, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2002
  5. Carla Roberson v. George E. Cire Jr., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2002

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