Legal Opinion
Cox v. Rice Trust Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided March 10, 1983No. 12-81-0060-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLEY, Justice.
This is a summary judgment case involving construction of a joint will. We affirm the judgment below.
Our examination of the record reveals that on the 12th day of September, 1963, Harry Edwin Vaughan (Harry) and Lodi Stockbridge Vaughan (Lodi), husband and wife, executed a joint will. Harry died sometime prior to the 20th day of December, 1966, and such will (hereinafter Vaughan will) was admitted to probate on the application of Lodi on December 20,1966, in Cause No. 94,189 on the docket of the County Court of Harris County, Texas, sitting in probate. Letters testamentary…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Nye v. BradfordTexas Supreme Court · 1946
- Murphy v. SlatonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- Ranger Insurance Co. v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Gilliam v. MahonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- Laborde v. First State Bank & Trust Co. of Rio Grande CityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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