Stewart v. Poinbeouf
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County ; John A. Read, Judge. Proceeding by Elizabeth Poinbeouf and another to probate the last will and testament of Mrs. Laura Stewart Hardy, deceased, contested by E. B. Stewart and others, wherein contestants, pending their appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals, questions having been certified to the Supreme Court, apply to the Court of Civil Appeals for injunction.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
This litigation was begun'in the county court of Harris county upon the application of appellee Elizabeth Poinbeouf, joined pro forma by her husband, to probate an instrument alleged to have been the last will and testament of Mrs. Laura Stewart Hardy, deceased;- the said Laura Stewart Hardy having left a large estate situated in various counties in the state of Texas, but principally in the counties of Harris and Montgomery, and consisting largely of real property. Appellants herein contested the application to probate said will, urging, first, certain pleas in abatement and to the…
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