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BUNTING v. PEARSON

No. B-671.

430 S.W.2d 470 (1968)

Grace BUNTING, Petitioner, v. Anita Martice King PEARSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemon, Close & Atkinson, Robert D. Lemon, Perryton, for petitioner.

Gene E. Steed, Perryton, for respondent.

HAMILTON, Justice.

Prior to the adoption of the Texas Probate Code, V.A.T.S.1 in 1955, this Court had repeatedly held that the general provisions of the Revised Statutes regulating the procedures for establishing claims against an estate were not applicable to claims against an estate administered by an independent executor. Smyth v. Caswell, 65 Tex. 379 (1886); Roy v. Whitaker, 92 Tex. 346, 48 S.W. 892, 49 S.W. 367 (1898); Fischer v....

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