Davis v. Kaufman County

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice FITZGERALD.

Victory-Phyllis Davis appeals the award to attorney Mary Gayle Ramsey of $3500 fees and expenses taxed as costs in the trial court’s judgment distributing excess proceeds from a tax sale of real property under chapter 34 of the Texas Tax Code. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

Raymond Brown owned real property when he died intestate in 1970. Ownership of the property passed to his wife, Essie Brown, and twelve children, including appellant’s mother. Essie Brown died in 2000, and her will divided her estate amongst eight devisees, but not…