JOHN G. & MARIE STELLA KENEDY v. FERNANDEZ

No. 08-0528.

315 S.W.3d 515 (2010)

The JOHN G. AND MARIE STELLA KENEDY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, Petitioner, v. Ann M. FERNANDEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 16, 2010.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge C. Rangel, Jaime Santiago Rangel, The Rangel Law Firm, P.C., Corpus Christi, TX, Macey Reasoner Stokes, John W. Porter, Amy Pharr Hefley, Baker & Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX, Joseph R. Knight, Baker & Botts L.L.P., Mike A. Hatchell, Charles R. Watson Jr., Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Julia F. Pendery, Attorney at Law, Marcos G. Ronquillo, Shawn Malcolm McCaskill, Godwin Ronquillo PC, Eric G. Walraven, Underwood, Perkins & Ralston, P.C., Christie Marie Villarreal, Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo, LLP, Deborah G. Hankinson, Hankinson Levinger LLP, Dallas, TX, Michael C. McCrea, Michele Anne Mobley, Dubois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz, LLP, Elana S. Einhorn, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, Sam A. Westergren, Corpus Christi, TX, for Respondent.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, as in Frost National Bank v. Fernandez, 315 S.W.3d 494 (Tex.2010), we hold that Ann M. Fernandez's pleadings, taken as true, were sufficient for the district court to establish Fernandez's standing in a bill of review proceeding asserting inheritance rights relating to the estate of John G. Kenedy, Jr.'s sister. The district court's jurisdiction over Fernandez...

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