Mills v. Mills
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hill County; Horton B. Porter, Judge. Proceedings by J. H. T. Mills against Marshall Mills and others to probate the will of Ella D. Mills, deceased. Judgment for proponent in the county court was reversed in the district court on a special verdict, and proponent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.
This proceeding was commenced by the appellant in the county court of Hill county, Tex., and had for its object the probate of the last will and testament of Ella D. Mills, deceased. By the will all of the testatrix’s property, except $40 to be equally divided between the testatrix’s three brothers, W. L. Mills, Marshall M. Mills, and V. H. Mills, and her sister, Mrs. R. W. Frame, was devised to the appellant. The appellees, Marshall M. Mills and Mrs. R. W. Frame, joined by her husband, R. W. Frame, brother and sister of the deceased, by written pleadings, contested the probate of the will on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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