Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Greene v. Watts

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 12, 1960No. 15577Published

1Concurrence

DIXON, Chief Justice.

I concur in affirming the judgment. Following the death of Lee Oliver in 1954 his cousin Bertha Greene, appellant here, joined by her husband, offered for probate an alleged holographic will which reads as follows:

“8-11-54
“To whom it may consern I Lee Oliver give you the wright if any thing should happen to me to contact Mrs. Bertha Green 2702 Ruth st Houston Texas take out what ever I owe you give the rest to her Lee Oliver.”

The probate of the above instrument was contested by Rufus Watts, Amanda Watts Hayes, and Mary Watts Jones, uncle and aunts of the deceased, and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Singleton v. CarmichaelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
  2. Walston v. MabryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  3. Hickman v. HickmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951

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