In Re Estate of Lewis

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Harriet Lesikar, the daughter of Harry Lewis, Jr., and co-independent executrix of his will, brought this action under Tex. Prob.Code Ann. § 149B 1 to close the estate and distribute Lewis’ property to the legatees and devisees. Mr. Lewis’ other daughter and co-independent executrix, Jenny Lou Rappeport, resisted the action on grounds that the terms of her father’s will prohibited distribution of the estate until she and her sister died, and that there was a continuing need for administration. Both parties eventually moved for summary judgment. The district court…