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PEARCE v. CROSS

No. 16710.

400 S.W.2d 622 (1966)

William Albert PEARCE, Appellant, v. Floyd M. CROSS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garrett & Garrett and Rufus S. Garrett, Jr., Fort Worth, for appellant.

Brown, Day & Crowley, and M. Hendricks Brown, Fort Worth, for appellee.

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

In the lower courts appellee Floyd M. Cross sought to set aside a will which was executed on September 1, 1961 by Testatrix Effie Ferguson, now deceased, and to reinstate an earlier will dated July 27, 1961. Gravamen of the suit was the allegation of undue influence exerted upon said testatrix in the execution of the later will. The person alleged to have exerted the undue influence was a Mrs. Della Pearce, testatrix' sister, mother and grandmother...

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