Legal Opinion

In Re Reeves' Estate

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 18, 1928No. 7209PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from Judgment of the district court (in an appeal from the county court), admitting to probate the will of Earl W. Reeves, deceased, and dismissing a contest of the surviving father, brothers, and sisters of the testator, on the ground that contestants had no interest in the estate. All of the property of the testator was personalty, and therefore passed, independently of the will, to proponent, Anita Reudrick Reeves, surviving wife of testator, there being no children of the marriage.

The only question the appeal presents is whether the marriage of testator and proponent was absolutely…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rawdon v. RawdonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
  2. Browning v. BrowningSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
  3. Powell v. PowellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Nevarez v. BailonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
  2. DeMedio v. DeMEDIOSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Reeves v. ReevesTexas Commission of Appeals · 1929

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