Legal Opinion

Warnken v. Warnken

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 21, 1937No. 8488PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUGH, Justice.

Appeal*is from a judgment of the district court denying probate of an instrument offered as a holographic will of August Warn-ken, deceased, in a trial to that court on ap.peal from the order of the county court admitting the instrument to probate as a will. The district court held that the writing offered was testamentary in character, but that it had been revoked by a subsequent codicil to a former will which had already been duly probated when the instrument here involved was offered for that purpose.

There is no controversy over the facts which are as follows: On October 22,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McElroy v. Phink, AdministratorTexas Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Patton v. CoxTexas Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Adams v. MarisTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  4. Merrill v. BoalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1926
  5. Barnes v. HorneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Hinson v. HinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Harris v. StrawbridgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  3. Syfer v. DolbyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1943
  4. Goss v. StaplesMontana Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Hunt v. FurmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949

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