in the Estate of Doris Rose Preston

02-09-095 & 233-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO. 02-09-00095-CV

NO. 02-09-00233-CV

IN THE ESTATE OF DORIS

ROSE PRESTON, DECEASED

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FROM THE Probate Court OF Denton COUNTY

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OPINION

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I. Introduction

Doris Rose Preston died intestate in Denton County on August 27, 2005. After Appellant Scherry J. Levi filed an application for letters of administration in December 2005 seeking to be appointed administratrix of Doris’s estate, three and a half years of what the trial court described as “extensive,” “miserable,” and “tortured” litigation followed.…