Harper v. Meyer
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Galveston County, refusing to admit to probate an instrument propounded by appellants, Vera Harper and her husband, as a codicil to the last will and testament of Mrs. Mary Maybell Pauls Summers, deceased. The tendered writing appears in the transcript in the following form:
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some more since which are in her box — 225.72 every three months you want Mrs. Meyer to divide equally between
Mrs. Mary Meyers
The twins
Yerva Harris
Vera Harper
Cora Roos
Signed by
March 24 — 1953
Mrs. M.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ferguson v. FergusonTexas Supreme Court · 1864
- Williams v. NolandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Maxey v. QueenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
3Cited by3 opinions
- Utay v. UrbishCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- In Re Estate of BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- In Re C. P. Craft EstateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962