Legal Opinion

In Re the Estate of Bendtsen

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided July 12, 2007No. 05-06-00789-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice O’NEILL.

This suit arises in a contest between two competing wills disposing of the Estate of Mary Ellen Logan Bendtsen, Deceased (Bendtsen). Intervenors Justin Dale Burgess (Burgess) and Mark Patrick McCay (McCay), claimed beneficiaries under one of the competing wills, appeal the probate court’s order approving the estate’s temporary administrator’s application for authority to sell the estate’s ownership interest in Bendtsen’s former residence. In four issues, appellants challenge the propriety of the order. Appellees Frances Ann Giron (Giron), claimed beneficiary…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 2001
  2. De Ayala v. MacKieTexas Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Crowson v. WakehamTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Lipshy Motorcars, Inc. v. Sovereign Associates, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1997
  5. In Re the Estate of Bendtsen, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2007

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. in the Matter of the Guardianship of Linda Jane HartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2015
  2. Rawlins v. Weaver, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2010
  3. in the Estate of Henrietta Cannon Stone, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2014
  4. Estate of Donald Edgar Smith v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2024
  5. In the Estate of James Perry Allen, Jr. v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2024

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