Legal Opinion

McIlvain v. Hockaday

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 4, 1904PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Fannin. Tried below before Hon. Ben H. Denton.

1Opinion of the Court

EIDSON, Associate Justice.

Appellants as residuary devisees under the last will of Alice M. Seaton, deceased, brought this, a certiorari proceeding, in the District Court of Fannin County to have revised and set aside a certain part of an order made in probate in County Court of said county in the administration of said decedent’s estate, which upheld as valid and ordered the executor to carry out a certain provision in said decedent’s last will, providing for the erection of a grave lot monument, coping and a permanent fund to keep the grave lot in repair, and for the purpose of vacating the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bates v. BatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
  2. Bendall's Distributees v. Bendall's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Foshee v. Republic National Bank of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1981
  2. West Texas Bank & Trust Co. v. MatlockTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  3. Bockel v. Fidelity Development Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  4. Foshee v. Republic National Bank of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Kelly v. WomackCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953

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