PAUL v. MERRILL LYNCH TRUST CO. OF TEXAS

No. 10-04-00185-CV.

183 S.W.3d 805 (2005)

Lisa Martinez PAUL and Steven Edward Martinez, Appellants, v. MERRILL LYNCH TRUST COMPANY OF TEXAS, Acting in the Capacity of Independent Executor of the Estate of Jose Eduardo Martinez, Deceased, and Toni Wasson Salvaggio Martinez, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

December 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Watkins, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Mary E. Haught, Ikard & Golden PC, Austin, for appellants.

James H. Stilwell, William T. Miller & Kendall M. Gray, Andrews & Kurth, The Woodlands, Billy M. Payne, Payne Watson Miller & Malechek PC, Bryan, for appellees.

Billy M. Payne, for Toni Wasson Martinez.

Before Chief Justice GRAY, Justice VANCE, and Justice REYNA.


OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Appellants Lisa Martinez Paul (Lisa) and Steven Edward Martinez (Steve) (collectively Appellants) raise four issues complaining of a probate court's rulings on the characterization of a gun collection and on attorney's fees. We will modify the probate court's judgment and affirm it as modified.

Factual Background

At the time of his death on August 25, 2002, Jose Eduardo...

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