REESE v. FRANZHEIM

No. 14443.

381 S.W.2d 329 (1964)

Elizabeth Franzheim REESE, Appellant, v. Kenneth FRANZHEIM, II, et al., Executors, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Wright, Houston, for appellant.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, M. C. Chiles, F. Russell Kendall and Jarrel D. McDaniel, Houston, for appellees.

Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen., J. S. Bracewell and C. L. Snow, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for intervenor State.


COLEMAN, Justice.

In this case the probate of a will is contested on the ground that the attesting witnesses were not specifically informed by the testatrix, or anyone else in her presence, that the document which they had signed was a will. There is no suspicion of fraud or undue influence and no suggestion of lack of testamentary capacity.

The will was prepared at the direction of the testatrix by an experienced lawyer. She was in good mental and physical...

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