Legal Opinion
Farmer v. Dodson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 15, 1959No. 15511PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Chief Justice.
This is a will contest.
David Newton Farmer, 62 years of age, a resident of Henderson County, Texas, died February 10, 1957, of lung cancer after a long illness. In a holographic will dated October 20, 1955 he left all of his property, consisting chiefly of about 700 acres of land, to Dora Farmer, his surviving widow, his third wife.
This instrument was admitted to probate as a holographic will without contest, but shortly afterwards a contest was filed in the County Court by two grown daughters and two minor grandsons of testator. The two daughters and the deceased father…
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