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CRENSHAW v. CHAPMAN

No. 10-90-085-CV.

814 S.W.2d 400 (1991)

Marie M. CRENSHAW, as Independent Co-Executrix of the Estate of Lewis L. Crenshaw, and Individually, and as Surviving Wife of Lewis L. Crenshaw, and as Co-Trustee and Beneficiary of the Marie M. Crenshaw Trust, Appellant, v. Cynthia Crenshaw CHAPMAN, as Independent Co-Executrix of the Estate of Lewis L. Crenshaw, and Individually, and as Trustee and Beneficiary of the Cynthia Crenshaw Chapman Trust, and as Remainder Beneficiary of the Marie M. Crenshaw Trust, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Baker, Baker, Hancock & Pollard, P.C., Waco, for appellant.

Vance Dunnam, Jr., Dunnam & Dunnam, Waco, Jack Welch, Welch & Butler, Marlin, for appellees.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

In this probate case, we must decide if a trial by jury was improperly denied and if a "freeze" order is valid. Because we believe that a jury trial was properly requested and that the "freeze" order constituted an invalid injunction, we reverse the trial court's orders and remand the cause.

Lewis Crenshaw married Marie Crenshaw in May 1983. He was killed in an auto accident in April 1988, leaving a valid will which was...

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