Mills v. Mills
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fifth. Supreme Judicial District. Proceedings by J. H. T. Mills against Marshall Mills and others to probate the will of Ella Mills, deceased. Judgment denying probate reversed by Court of Civil Appeals (206 5. W. 100), and judgment rendered, directing probate of the will, and contestants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
KITTBELL, J.
The Court of Civil Appeals of the Fifth Supreme Judicial District reversed a judgment of the district court of Hill county, denying probate of' an alleged will of Ella Mills, who died April 30, 1915. The judgment so denying probate was rendered pursuant to the finding of a jury that the decedent did not execute the instrument.
The Court of Civil Appeals also rendered judgment directing probate of the will, and stated its conclusion as follows:
“The trial court should have instructed a verdict in favor of appellant, and upon such a verdict should have entered…
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