Maxfield v. Terry

This appeal from a will contest between family members presents the issue of whether the failure to perfect separate appeals from separate orders rendered in the same probate proceeding required the court of appeals to dismiss the appeal of one of the orders for want of jurisdiction. We hold that J.R. Maxfield invoked the jurisdiction of the court of appeals by filing a cash deposit for one of the probate orders, and that the court of appeals erred by sua sponte dismissing the appeal of the second probate order for want of jurisdiction. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and…