Martinez v. Martinez

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of a probate court which denied a Motion to Correct an Inventory, Appraisement and List of Claims filed by a co-executor in the estate of a decedent. The case involves the question of whether a savings account was held by joint tenancy with the rights of survivorship.

Matea Martinez, hereafter referred to as the “decedent,” died testate in San Antonio, Texas, on June 30, 1987. Her last will and testament was admitted to probate by order signed on July 21, 1987, whereby her brothers, Jose A. Martinez and Paul V. Martinez, were appointed…