TREVINO v. TURCOTTE

No. B-6474.

564 S.W.2d 682 (1978)

Raul TREVINO et al., Petitioners, v. Patrick A. TURCOTTE et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom N. Goodwin, John E. Fitzgibbon, William C. Wright, Laredo, Day & Day, Joe Day, Fort Worth, Vela & Vela, Moises Vela, Harlingen, Downman, Jones & Musslewhite, Norman Jones, Baker & Botts, Denman Moody, Houston, Perkins, Davis, Oden & Warburton, Kenneth Oden, Alice, Lee H. Lytton, III, Corpus Christi, Rankin & Kern, Inc., H. H. Rankin, Jr., McAllen, John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Stephen J. Wilkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Elmore H. Borchers, Laredo, Harry J. Schulz, Three Rivers, for petitioners.

Wood, Burney, Nesbitt & Ryan, Frank W. Nesbitt, Corpus Christi, for respondents.


BARROW, Justice.

This is a will contest involving the 1960 will of Mrs. Sarita K. East who died on February 11, 1961. The issue presented by this appeal does not concern the actual validity of the will. It is instead whether respondents, who are the widow and six children of Edgar Turcotte, deceased, have an interest in the estate of Mrs. East which will entitle them, or some of them, to contest the will. The district court, sitting without a jury, conducted a trial...

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