Quiroz v. Cantu

SMITH, Chief Justice.

It appears from the record that at the instance of Federico Quiroz a certain document purporting to be the last will and testament of his deceased wife, Guadalupe C. Quiroz, wherein her estate was devised to her said husband, was duly probated in the probate court of Nueces County, over the protest of the testatrix’s two sons, Juan Cantu and Conrado Garcia (half brothers), who appealed from the order of probate to the District Court.

The contestants did not offer any other will for probate in the proceedings in the county court, but upon the trial de novo in the district…