Hutchins v. Seifert

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

Harold W. Seifert, appellee, filed petition in Probate Court No. 1 of Harris County, Texas, for probate of the last will of his deceased mother, Nellie B. Hutchins. The appellant, Ralph B. Hutchins, surviving husband of Nellie B. Hutchins, filed a contest of the petition to probate and also filed a motion asking that the court direct the temporary administrator, pursuant to Sec. 177, Texas Probate Code, V.A.T.S., to turn over to him all of the property in the estate of the decedent. The probate court rendered judgment admitting the will to probate and ordered letters…