MOORE v. NEFF

No. B2947.

629 S.W.2d 827 (1982)

Terry MOORE, Appellant, v. George NEFF, Executor of the Estate of Annette Gano Lummis; Avis Hughes McIntyre, and Norton Bond, Executor of the Estate of Rush Hughes; and Barbara Cameron, Elspeth Depould and Agnes Roberts, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

February 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie M. Werlin, Arthur Leeds Law Offices, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Thomas L. Schubert, Berry D. Bowen, Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Wayne Fisher, Fisher, Roch & Gallagher, Houston, Paul L. Freese, Kindel & Anderson, Los Angeles, Cal., Fred C. Weekley, Bracewell & Patterson, O. Theodore Dinkins, Jr., Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, Jack McGinnis, San Antonio, Joseph L. Grimbrone, San Diego, Cal., James W. Cox, Shapiro, Forbes, & Cox, Alma Victoria Hughes, Houston, Alyce Hughes, Atlantic City, N. J., Daniel Kirschbaum, Houston, Harold Jordan, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., Richard Sullivan, Saccomanno, Clegg, Martin & Kipple, Houston, George Dean, Destin, Fla., Victor William DeVrien, Ely, Nev., Charles Ireland, St. Louis, Mo., Mark E. Smith, Touchstone, Bernays, Johnson, Beall & Smith, Dallas, W. A. Jones, Houston, C. Alex Meacham, Smyrna, Tenn., Edward Lindsey, Houston, Stella M. Mobley, New Orleans, La., Ollie Blan, Jr., Spain, Gillon, Riley, Tatt & Ehteredge, Birmingham, Ala., Wallace T. Shanks, Williams & Shanks, Houston, Dave West, Cost Mesa, Cal., J. P. Darrouzet, Austin, Sherwin Markman, Hogan & Gartson, Washington, D. C., Mary R. Hughes, Seattle, Wash., Rich Harrison, Patton, Lochridge, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, P. J. Murphy Harmon, George J. Parnham, Houston, for appellees.

Before PAUL PRESSLER, SAM ROBERTSON and MURPHY, JJ.


PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This appeal originates from the denial of a claim brought by appellant, Terry Moore, also known as Helen Cramer, against the estate of Howard Hughes pending in Probate Court No. 2 of Harris County. Hughes died aboard an airplane in route to Houston on April 5, 1976. Shortly after Hughes' death, administration was taken on his estate in Harris County. Annette Gano Lummis, Hughes' aunt and closest living relative, was appointed temporary co-administratrix...

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