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ENGLISH v. COBB

No. B-8380.

593 S.W.2d 674 (1979)

Charles Reed ENGLISH, Independent Executor of the Estate of Mae Cobb English, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Nan L. COBB, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter, Gordon & Von Doenhoff, Charles L. Carter, Jr., Crockett, for petitioner.

Clark Anderson, Lufkin, for respondent.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

This case involves the jurisdiction of the Angelina County Court at Law to determine an estate's rights in a $15,900.44 savings account held in the names of the deceased and her sister. The court of civil appeals determined that the county court at law had no jurisdiction to hear the case since the amount in controversy exceeded the county court's jurisdictional amount as prescribed in Article 1970-355.1 Consequently...

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