Legal Opinion
Cason v. Taylor
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided July 5, 2001No. 10-00-087-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANCE, Justice.
We review an order admitting a lost holographic will to probate and setting aside the probate of an earlier formal will. We also review complaints about the trial judge’s questioning of a witness. Finding no error, we will affirm.
FACTS
Betty L. Ingram died May 15, 1997, at the age of 81. She was survived by her children, Linda C. Cason and Earl D. Taylor, who are her only heirs at law. Betty executed a formal, written will (the “formal will”) on November 14, 1996, which Linda had admitted to probate as a muniment of title. The formal will gave Linda substantially all of…
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