MAYHEW v. CAPRITO

No. C-9559.

794 S.W.2d 1 (1990)

James C. MAYHEW a/k/a Noel Caprito and Helen Vaughan, Petitioners, v. Joseph T. CAPRITO and Marguerite Caprito Alexander Dial, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Barron, Orange, Jim Boyle, Austin, for petitioners.

Pannal Alan Sanders, Orange, for respondents.


PER CURIAM

The question presented is what effect the Texas courts should give to a Louisiana judgment.

This is a will contest. Contestants seek to litigate in Texas issues of the decedent's domicile and validity of the will, even though those issues were litigated by the parties in the courts of Louisiana. The trial court granted the will proponents' motion for summary judgment, finding that the deceased was domiciled in Louisiana at death and that the Louisiana...

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