Self v. Thornton

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is a deed cancellation case. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed in part and in part reversed and rendered. Mr. Owen Pipes applied to the County Court of Bowie County on May 8, 1958, to probate an instrument dated March 31, 1953, as the Last Will and Testament of Mrs. Kittie M. Baker, deceased. Mrs. Bessie G. Self, a single woman, filed a contest of the Pipes application, and tendered for probate as the Last Will and Testament of Mrs. Baker an instrument dated June 1, 1955. Thereafter, Eunice Thornton and husband, Charles Thornton, Sr., filed an application…