Holland v. Couts
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Parker County. Tried below before Hon. J. W. Patterson.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNER, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Parker County annulling the last will and testament of Mrs. Martha Couts at the instance of her surviving child- Ten. Martha Gouts died in the county named on the 6th day of February, 1894, devising her entire estate to her surviving husband, J. B. Gouts, Sr., who subsequently, to wit, on June 12, 1895, probated the will and thereunder asserted title. The estate so devised consisted principally, if not wholly, of the deceased wife’s interest in a large community estate of herself and said husband. J. B. Gouts,…
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- Murchison v. White, 54 Tex. 78 (Tex. 1880)Texas Supreme Court · 1880
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- Utermehle v. NormentSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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