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CARPENTER v. TINNEY

No. 11537.

420 S.W.2d 241 (1967)

Cora B. CARPENTER et vir, Appellants, v. D. A. TINNEY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Wallace, Waco, for appellants.

Warden Terry, San Saba, Lee & Lee, Jack Lee, Mason, for appellees.

O'QUINN, Justice.

This lawsuit, originally brought in the County Court of San Saba County, contests the will of Frankie Tinney. In her will Mrs. Tinney sought to leave all her property, except for minor cash bequests, to two of her four children. To the other two children and to her husband, who was living when she made the will, Mrs. Tinney left $5 each.

One of the children, Cora (Tinney) Carpenter, joined by her husband, filed a contest in county court in...

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