Scott v. Townsend
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Mrs. Townsend, joined by her husband, sued in the District Court to •set aside the will of Winfield Scott, which the County Court had admitted to probate. Plaintiff had judgment, which was affirmed on appeal, by defendants, who then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
delivered the opinion of the court. .
The case is before the court on petition for writ of error,, filed in the Court of Civil Appeals prior to July 1, 1913, to have reviewed the judgment of the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, affirming the judgment of the District Court of Tarrant County setting, aside the probate bv the County Court of an instrument therein admitted to probate as the last will of Winfield Scott, and annulling it. Answer having been made to the petition we may determine the case.
The suit was instituted by Mrs. Georgia Scott Townsend, the daughter of…
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