Green v. Earnest
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOEHLER, Justice.
In a will contest case involving a claim of undue influence, the trial court granted the proponent’s motion for summary judgment from which judgment the contestant brings this appeal. In a single point of error, the contestant asserts that the trial court erred in granting the summary judgment. We affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The decedent, Cecil Ray Earnest (Cecil or testator), died testate on September 16, 1989, found by a jury in another civil suit 1 to have resulted from a gunshot wound inflicted by the will proponent in this case, Judith Lisa White Earnest (Judith or…
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- In Re Estate of Russell, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2009
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