Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Minnick

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 28, 1983No. 9380PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COUNTISS, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment ordering independent co-executors to partially distribute an estate and file a final accounting. By nine points of error, appellant Verris Chester Wardell challenges the trial court’s power to order the distribution and accounting and complains of its failure to grant relief he sought. We reform and affirm.

Della Minnick died testate on April 3, 1971. She devised her estate to five daughters and a son and appointed two sons-in-law, Wardell and appellee Ray Shirley, as independent co-executors. The son and one daughter subsequently died, after…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Traylor v. GouldingTexas Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. BurdenTexas Supreme Court · 1947
  3. INWOOD NORTH HOMEOWNERS'ASS'N, INC. v. MeierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Hubbard v. LagowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Hoyt v. GeistCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of Canales, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1992
  2. Sammons v. Elder, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
  3. In Re Estate of Hanau, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1991
  4. Estate of Newbill, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1989
  5. Weldon v. HillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984

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