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HOPKINS v. HOPKINS

No. 05-85-00515-CV.

708 S.W.2d 31 (1986)

Joy Anderson HOPKINS, Appellant, v. Michael Jay HOPKINS, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd A. Shumpert, Shumpert and Huff, Terrell, J. Thomas Sullivan, SMU School of Law, Dallas, for appellant.

Douglas A. Harrison, Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, for appellees.

Before GUITTARD, C.J., and DEVANY and McCLUNG, JJ.

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

In this proceeding to probate a will, the contestants moved for summary judgment on the ground that the signatures of the attesting witnesses do not appear on the will, but only on a self-proving affidavit attached to the will. Applying the rule announced in Boren v. Boren, 402 S.W.2d 728 (Tex.1966), that such a will is invalid, the probate court granted the motion and denied probate. The proponent...

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