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LITTLE v. SMITH

No. 95-0744.

943 S.W.2d 414 (1997)

Artymae LITTLE, As Independent Executrix of the Estate of Frank J. Little, M.D., et al., Petitioners, v. Katherine Irene Barber SMITH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided January 31, 1997.

Rehearing Overruled May 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Wolfe, James C. Tidwell, Sherman, B. Jay Carmichael, Dallas, for Petitioners.

R. Michael Northrup, Julia F. Pendery, Dallas, for Respondent.

OWEN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, HECHT, SPECTOR and ABBOTT, Justices.

Katherine Smith, who was adopted as an infant, brought this suit to assert the right to inherit from her biological grandmother and, alternatively, to obtain damages or equitable relief for wrongful exclusion from her grandmother's estate. We conclude that all of these claims are barred by statutes of limitations.

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