CROWSON v. WAKEHAM

No. 94-0670.

897 S.W.2d 779 (1995)

Bonnie CROWSON, Petitioner, v. William WAKEHAM, Jr., Ann Bailey Blanks, Carol Wakeham Honza, Kenneth Wakeham, John Wakeham, III, Jerry Wakeham, Jeanette Wakeham Tatum, and Deborah Wakeham Fucci, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 11, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled June 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Hartnett, Jr., Will Ford Hartnett, Dallas, for petitioner.

Melinda W. Smith, Hurst, Jerry W. Biesel, Thomas A. Giltner, Jeffrey S. Lynch, Dallas, for respondent.


GAMMAGE, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all JUSTICES join.

This is an attempt to appeal a probate court ruling in a will contest and application to determine heirship proceeding. The trial court granted a partial summary judgment against Bonnie Crowson, who claimed to be the common law wife of the decedent, on the ground that she was not his common law wife. The trial court later severed the Crowson summary judgment. Crowson followed the appellate...

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