DENBO v. BUTLER

No. 16479.

523 S.W.2d 458 (1975)

Ardale Madeline DENBO, Appellant, v. Samuel E. BUTLER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

May 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Leonard Gotsdiner, Ranseler O. Wyatt, Houston, for appellant.

John L. Pierce, II, Navasota, for appellee.


PEDEN, Justice.

Ardale Madeline Denbo filed this suit to contest the will of her deceased sister, Betty Butler, in the Grimes County Court, pleading only the issues of undue influence and testamentary capacity. The will was admitted to probate, and Mrs. Denbo appealed to the district court, where a jury found that the decedent possessed testamentary capacity and that her will was not procured by undue influence of the proponent, Sam Butler, her surviving husband....

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