PIPKIN v. DEZENDORF

No. 17760.

618 S.W.2d 924 (1981)

Charles S. PIPKIN, Jr., Appellant, v. F. C. DEZENDORF, Appellee.

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

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope & Waits, Dougal Pope, Ed Engel, Houston, for appellant.

Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Brown & LaBoon, Walter P. Zivley, Barbara N. Perkins, Houston, for appellee.

Before COLEMAN, C. J., and DOYLE, J.


DOYLE, Justice.

This is a will contest. Charles S. Pipkin, Jr. brings this appeal from an instructed verdict granted in favor of F. C. Dezendorf.

F. C. Dezendorf is the stepson of the deceased, Charles S. Gainer. Dezendorf filed an application to probate the will of the deceased dated May 16, 1977, or in the alternative to probate the deceased's will dated May 5, 1977.

Charles S. Pipkin, Jr., a nephew of the deceased, contested the application to probate...

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