TOMPKINS v. HOLMAN

No. 12399.

537 S.W.2d 98 (1976)

Frank D. TOMPKINS, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Juanita Swick HOLMAN et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk Kuykendall, Lockhart, Kuykendall & Jones, Austin, for appellants.

Coleman Gay, Gay & Latting, Austin, for Juanita Swick Holman.

Sam Houston Clinton, Jr., Clinton & Richards, Austin, attorneys and Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Brooks Natt Holman, Deceased.


PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

The principal question in this case is whether the trial court was correct in granting appellees' motion for summary judgment based on appellees' plea of res judicata.

Appellants1 brought this suit against Juanita Swick Holman and her husband, Brooks Holman, seeking to set aside a deed to certain land in Harris County, title to which had been in Etta Tompkins now deceased. Etta Tompkins was the mother...

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