WILLIS v. SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL, ETC.

No. 5125.

563 S.W.2d 390 (1978)

Richard C. WILLIS, Appellant, v. SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleatus M. Phelan, McKinney, for appellant.

J. E. Abernathy, Stan McWilliams, Orr & McWilliams, McKinney, James H. Walker and Leonard E. Choate, Robert E. Burns, Burford, Ryburn & Ford, Dallas, John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Katherine L. Chapman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellees.


RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

This is a summary judgment case. Richard C. Willis, as an heir at law, by suit filed on February 22, 1977, sought to vacate and set aside a County Court order, dated January 5, 1953, admitting to probate the will of Charles Thomas Tatum. His suit is based on fraud, namely, the concealment of a later will of Charles Tatum by Nettie Edna Womble. Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children and Buckner Orphans Home, beneficiaries under the Tatum...

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