IN MATTER OF ESTATE OF DOWNING

No. 08-14-00030-CV.

461 S.W.3d 231 (2015)

IN the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Vernon Lee DOWNING, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

February 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark McCraw , McCraw Gantt PLLC, McKinney, TX, for Appellant.

Jameson J. Watts , Winston & Strawn LLP, Houston, TX, James C. Fling , Adkins & Fling, Shamrock, TX, for Appellees.

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.


OPINION

When Vernon Lee Downing died in 2010 and granted his second wife, Ruth June Downing, a life estate in his house, cars, and IRA, he likely did not suspect that she, his children, and the bank holding the mortgage would become involved in a complicated dispute involving foreclosure, a will contest...

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