Burke v. Satterfield

DENTON, Justice.

This controversy arose out of a demand for an accounting pursuant to Section 149A of the Texas Probate Code, 1 from an independent executrix which was filed in a county court at law, sitting in matters probate, by a devisee under the will. The executrix thereafter sought to file in the same court a final accounting un•der Section 151 2 to which the devisee has leveled numerous objections and exceptions. The probate court, however, on its own motion subsequently overruled and dismissed these objections and exceptions for lack of jurisdiction. Upon appeal, the court of civil…