FROST NAT. BANK v. FERNANDEZ

No. 08-0534.

315 S.W.3d 494 (2010)

FROST NATIONAL BANK, Former Executor of the Estate of Elena Suess Kenedy, Deceased, and Frost National Bank and Pablo Suess, Trustees of the John G. Kenedy, Jr. Charitable Trust, Petitioners, v. Ann M. FERNANDEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 16, 2010.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.A. (Tony) Canales, Tara Leigh Adami, Canales & Simonson, P.C., Corpus Christi, Stephen Jody Helman, Jeffrey T. Knebel, Osborne & Helman, L.L.P., Austin, Jacqueline M. Stroh, Thomas H. Crofts Jr., Crofts & Callaway, P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Petitioners.

Eric G. Walraven, Underwood, Perkins & Ralston, P.C., Marcos G. Ronquillo, Shawn Malcolm McCaskill, Christie Marie Villareal, Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo LLP, Julia F. Pendery, Dallas, Michele Anne Mobley, Dubois, Bryant, & Campbell, LLP, Austin, TX, for Respondent.

John Sjoberg, Jackson, Sjoberg, McCarthy & Wilson, LLP, Shannon H. Ratliff, Marla Diane Broaddus, Ratliff Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Humble Oil & Refining Company.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Believing herself to be the non-marital child of John G. Kenedy, Jr., Ann M. Fernandez has initiated multiple proceedings in both district court and statutory probate court to set aside decades-old judgments and reopen the estates of Kenedy, his wife, and his sister, and to declare Fernandez an heir to those estates. The defendants filed motions for summary judgment in the district court arguing numerous grounds, including...

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