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HINSON v. HINSON

No. 5053.

280 S.W.2d 731 (1955)

J. W. HINSON, Jr., Petitioner, v. Mrs. Ethel Mae HINSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Brown, Kronzer & Abraham, W. James Kronzer and W. W. Watkins, Houston, for appellant.

Byron G. McCollough, Houston, for respondent.

WALKER, Justice.

Respondent is the widow, and petitioner is the child by a former marriage, of J. W. Hinson, Sr., who died in Harris County on September 16, 1952. We are required to determine whether two instruments executed by the decedent are entitled to probate, either separately or together, as his last will and testament.

On April 20, 1951, the decedent signed a printed and typewritten instrument, containing a formal introductory paragraph declaring the...

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