Legal Opinion
Singleton v. Donalson
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided September 25, 2003No. 09-02-500 CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.
In 1976 Ruth Hooks Donalson executed a will devising a life estate in her separate property to her husband, George Donalson III, with a “reversionary interest” to other specified relatives. She died in 1977, and her will was probated the same year. A dispute arose between George and the holders of the “reversionary” interests over certain royalties and bonuses from the oil and gas produced from the estate property. Appellants 1 argue that the royalties and bonuses are corpus of the estate, and that the will does not grant George the power to consume or…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Dow Chemical Co. v. FrancisTexas Supreme Court · 2001
- San Antonio Area Foundation v. LangTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Texas Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Grizzle Ex Rel. GrizzleTexas Supreme Court · 2002
- Edds v. Mitchell, Admr.Texas Supreme Court · 1945
- Clyde v. HamiltonTexas Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In the Estate of Craigen, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2010
- Phillips v. Ivy, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2004
- Donald Swearingin, Billy Jack Swearingin, Beverly Hooker, Connie Morris, and Frankie Mae Smith v. Estate of Vivian Swearingin, Terry Ellis, Individually and as Trustee of the Terry Ellis 2003 Trust and as Co-Executor of the Vivian Swearingin Estate, and Donna Mullen, Individually and as Trustee of the Donna Mullen 2003 Trust and as Co-Executor, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2006
- Donald Swearingin, Billy Jack Swearingin, Beverly Hooker, Connie Morris, and Frankie Mae Smith v. Estate of Vivian Swearingin, Terry Ellis, Individually and as Trustee of the Terry Ellis 2003 Trust and as Co-Executor of the Vivian Swearingin Estate, and Donna Mullen, Individually and as Trustee of the Donna Mullen 2003 Trust and as Co-Executor, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2006
- Heather Martin and John Brown v. Leonora Brown, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
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