Fortson v. Alford
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before the lion. Geo. N. Aldredge. The following statement, taken from brief of counsel for appellant, was adopted by the commission of appeals as their statement of this cause to the supreme court: Geo.
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Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before the lion. Geo. N. Aldredge. The following statement, taken from brief of counsel for appellant, was adopted by the commission of appeals as their statement of this cause to the supreme court: Geo. F. Alford, the appellee, was administrator of the estate of' John E. Cravens, father of appellant, which was pending in the probate court of Anderson county, and finally closed in the year 1880. In July, 1879, Alford, on his application, was appointed guardian of the minor Earle Cravens, sister of appellant Mary P. Fortson— these two sisters being the sole…
1Opinion of the Court
Waits, J. Com. App.
As our present constitution does not confer upon district courts original jurisdiction and control over county courts when acting in the capacity of courts of probate, the perti*579nent question arises in this case as to the power of the courts of probate to entertain bills of review, and to revise or annul their own orders, decisions or decrees. In Franks v. Chapman, 60 Tex., 576, it was in effect held that the district courts had no original jurisdiction or control over probate courts, but that their power in respect to probate courts was appellate only; and that courts of…
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