PETERSON v. MAYSE

No. 12-97-00247-CV.

993 S.W.2d 217 (1999)

William D. PETERSON, et al., Appellants, v. Patricia E. MAYSE, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Overruled June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela E. George, Jerry W. Neagle, Houston, for appellant.

Judith W. Lenox, Houston, for appellee.

Panel consisted of RAMEY, Jr., C.J., HADDEN, J., and WORTHEN, J.


HADDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal of a declaratory judgment construing the apportionment of death taxes provisions in the will of Paul Key Peterson, deceased. In its judgment the trial court construed the will so that nonprobate assets were proportionately burdened with death taxes. The judgment was favorable to petitioners below, Patricia Elizabeth Mayse and James John Zettel, who, along with several respondents below, are Appellees (Mayse, et al).

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