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ESTATE OF TORRANCE v. STATE

No. 08-90-00349-CV.

812 S.W.2d 393 (1991)

In re ESTATE OF E. Marie TORRANCE, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

June 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Ray Blalack, Jack M. Terry, Houston, for appellants.

Keith Wilson, Bell & Jatko, Odessa, Dan Morales, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Linda Shaunessy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.

Before FULLER, WOODARD and KOEHLER, JJ.

OPINION

FULLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a dismissal for want of jurisdiction of an application to determine heirship that was pending in the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ector County. We reverse.

The stated basis for dismissal was that the county court did not have jurisdiction of the application to determine heirship because the district court had entered a judgment of escheat in favor of the State of Texas.

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