Legal Opinion
Howard Hughes Medical Institute v. Neff
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 5, 1982No. C2836PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the probate court of Harris County, denying and dismissing an application for probate of either of two alleged wills of Howard Ro-bard Hughes, Jr. The application was filed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (hereafter HHMI or appellant) as the principal beneficiary of a lost will supposedly executed sometime between 1953 and 1963 or as the intended beneficiary or beneficiary under the cy pres doctrine of a lost will allegedly dated and executed on May 30,1925. The State of Texas and the court-appointed attorney ad litem for unknown…
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