Bingham v. Waterhouse
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. George B. Scott. The opinion of this court gives a succinct hut sufficient statement of such of the facts as affect the rulings made. The war and the consequent disorganization of the courts account for the great delays in the course of the litigation in this, as in many other cases.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrill, C. J.
Previous to the April term, 1861, of the Probate Court of Harris county, John W. Waterhouse had been appointed administrator pro tempore of the estate of M. *471A, Bingham, deceased, and had filed in the court, for probate, a purported will of the deceased.
The probating the will was contested by George O. Bingham, who claimed to be a brother and heir of the deceased, and who had also filed his application for letters of administration of the deceased at a previous term of the court, and had been appointed as such administrator.
At the April term the Probate Court ordered and decreed that Jno. W.…
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