Beatty v. Holmes

OPINION

CHARLES W. SEYMORE, Justice.

In this appeal, and in companion case number 14-05-00474-CV, we must address several issues of first impression and determine whether Thomas J. Holmes, Sr. and Kathryn Y. Holmes, a husband and wife, both deceased, owned certain brokerage accounts and securities in certificate form with a right of survivorship. In this case, appellant, Douglas G. Beatty, Individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Kathryn V. Holmes, Deceased (“Beatty”), challenges the portions of the trial court’s partial summary judgment, ruling that the spouses owned a Dain…