Legal Opinion

Specia v. Specia

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 31, 1956No. 12959PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPE, Justice.-

This is an -appeal by writ of error from a judgment which denied .the probate of the will of Ben Specia, Sr., who died on June 30, 1953. A jury determined that Specia did not possess testamentary capacity. The first question-.in, the case, ⅛-whether the appeal- by writ of error was perfected, and the second, whether the verdict of the jury is against the great weight and prepondér- . anee of the evidence.

Ben Specia, Sr., had 'five children,' one by his first marriage arid four by his second. His will' was executed May 9, 1944, and -by its terms "he left $1,000 to 'Charles, his…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. In Re King's EstateTexas Supreme Court · 1951
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  3. Bell v. BellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
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  5. Petroleum Casualty Co. v. GarrisonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943

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3Cited by31 opinions

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