Legal Opinion

Rounds v. Coleman

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 11, 1919No. 1480PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Error from District Court, Collingsworth County; J. A. Nabers, Judge. Will contest by Adelia T. Rounds against Sarah L. Coleman, proponent of the will of Equilla Wood, deceased. Judgment for con-testee, and contestant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

Mrs. Equilla Wood executed her will on the 22d day of January, 1912, giving all of her property except $100 to defendant in error. The $100 was given to plaintiff in error. The probate of the will was contested by plaintiff in error in the county court, and again in the district court, on the ground of mental incapacity of the testatrix, undue influence, fraud, and duress on the part of the defendant in error, Sarah L. Coleman, and her husband. Upon the trial, which resulted in the judgment from which this appeal is prosecuted, the case was submitted to a jury upon special issues, and in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mowry v. NormanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  2. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. CusenberryTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Culbertson v. HillSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
  4. In re the Estate of ShepardsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Tobin v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1874

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Brazos River Conservation & Reclamation Dist. v. HarmonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  2. Miller v. Fenner, Beane & UngerleiderCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  3. Holmes v. HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  4. West v. CashinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  5. Hicks v. FrostCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946

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