Legal Opinion

In the Estate of Myrtle Dell Brown v. the State of Texas

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided July 31, 2025No. 01-19-00953-CVPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion issued July 31, 2025 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-19-00953-CV ——————————— IN THE ESTATE OF MYRTLE DELL BROWN, DECEASED On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3 Fort Bend County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 18-CPR-032114 MEMORANDUM OPINION In this appeal, the Humane Society of the United States challenges the probate court’s denial of its uncontested application to probate a copy of the October 1, 2009 will of Myrtle Dell Brown naming the Humane Society as her sole beneficiary (the “October 2009 will”). We initially affirmed the probate…

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