Simmons v. Gardner

SPEER, Justice.

This appeal grows out of the refusal by the District Court of Tarrant County to probate a will brought before it on application for a writ of certiorari to the Probate Court of that county.

In April, 1935, Gertrude S. Wilson died testate and left surviving, her two daughters, Mrs. Emma G. - Simmons and Mrs. Helen Gardner, and their respective minor children.

On November 22, 1935, Emma G. Simmons, joined by her husband, individually and as next friend for her minor children, Carolee Simmons, Helen Simmons, Mary Jane Simmons and June Simmons, filed in the Probate Court of Tarrant…