IN RE ESTATES OF GARCIA-CHAPA

No. 13-99-400-CV.

33 S.W.3d 859 (2000)

In the Matter of the ESTATES OF Lucinda GARCIA-CHAPA and Irma Garcia-Chapa, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

November 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmundo O. Ramirez, Luis M. Cardenas, Ellis, Koeneke & Ramirez, McAllen, for Appellant.

John Williamson, Brownsville, for Appellee.

Before Justices HINOJOSA, CHAVEZ and RODRIGUEZ.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice CHAVEZ.

This case comes out of the administration of two estates that hold funds in thirty-one accounts in eight banks in and around Brownsville, Texas. The contested property was owned by two sisters who died in Mexico. Appellant Magdalena García-Chapa de Rosas complains on appeal (1) that the trial court should have applied the law of the domicile of the decedents or (2) that the trial court should have abated the appeal...

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