STRAW v. OWENS

No. 2-87-072-CV.

746 S.W.2d 345 (1988)

Lucille STRAW, Appellant, v. Faye OWENS and Kenneth Ashley, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

February 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bishop, Payne, Lamsens & Brown, and Thomas J. Williams, and Michael D. Kaitcer, Fort Worth, for appellant.

McGee, Tanner, Coble & Whitten, and William T. McGee, Fort Worth, for appellees.

Before JOE SPURLOCK, II, FARRIS and KELTNER, JJ.


OPINION

FARRIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment denying probate of a purported holographic will of Harry Straw, Jr. We affirm the judgment of the trial court because the instrument offered for probate is not a will, as a matter of law, and because we find that appellant had notice of the granting of summary judgment.

We first address appellant's second point of error in which she complains that the record before us does not show...

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