MAYO v. MATTIZA

No. 690.

480 S.W.2d 9 (1972)

James Henry MAYO and Diane Mayo, Appellants, v. Dorothy MATTIZA, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

April 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Butler, Robstown, for appellant.

Geary, Brice, Barron & Stahl, W. S. Barron, Jr., Dallas, for appellee.


OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a will contest. Walter H. Mattiza, the decedent, executed a self-proving will on July 28, 1966 leaving all of his property to his surviving wife, Dorothy Mattiza, proponent of the will in the lower courts. James Henry Mayo and Diane Mayo, contestants in the courts below, contested the offer of probate of that will. They contended that it had been revoked by the testator by the execution of a late. holographic will. The judge...

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