Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Torrance
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided February 4, 1999No. 08-98-00013-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
The State of Texas (the State) appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of Jess E. Forrest, independent administrator of the estate of Eugene Ivory, Sr. (the Ivory Estate), awarding certain real and personal property to the Ivory Estate and Eugene Ivory, Sr.’s four children. Because we find the evidence legally insufficient to prove that Eugene Ivory, Sr. is the son and sole heir of E. Marie Torrance, we reverse and render a take-nothing judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
E. Marie Torrance (Torrance) died intestate in Manhattan, New York City, New…
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