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IN RE ESTATE OF CATLIN

No. 07-09-0135-CV.

311 S.W.3d 697 (2010)

ESTATE OF Jerry Don CATLIN, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo, Panel D.

April 27, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade A. Byrd, Mayfield Crutcher & Sharpee, L.L.P., Amarillo, TX, for Appellant.

Brent Hamilton, LaFont Tunnell Formby LaFont & Hamilton, L.L.P., Plainview, TX, for Appellee.

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.

Opinion

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the interpretation of a lost will executed by Jerry Don Catlin (Catlin Sr.) and which created a testamentary trust. A copy of the document was probated in its stead. The testator's son, Jerry Don Catlin, II, (Junior) challenged the effort of Douglas Glenn Barnes (his stepbrother) to probate the document. Junior lost the challenge and now appeals. His two issues involve the sufficiency of the...

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