KINSEL v. LINDSEY

No. 15-0403.

526 S.W.3d 411 (2017)

Virginia O. KINSEL, as Attorney-in-Fact for J. Frank Kinsel, J. Frank Kinsel, Jr., Carole K. Edwards, and Catherine K. Collins, Petitioners and Cross-Respondents. v. Jane O. LINDSEY, Individually and as Co-Trustee of the Lesey B. Kinsel Trust, and Robert N. Oliver, Respondents and Cross-Petitioners, and Keith Branyon and Jackson Walker, LLP, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 26, 2017.

Rehearing Overruled September 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie E. Ratliff , Ikard Golden Jones , P.C., Austin, for Amici Curiae Archer, David B., Archer, John V., Archer, Richard T., Archer, Sherri, Ball, Karen Archer, and Bugg, Carol Archer.

Philip M. Ross , San Antonio, for Amici Curiae Kulik, Hilary, Rivera, Jo Ann, Schaefer, Jessica, Schaefer, John, Schaefer, Junior, Ronald, Schaefer, Matthew, and Thompson, Gretchen.

Raul Javier Guerra , San Antonio, for Amicus Curiae Rivera, Jo Ann.

Craig T. Enoch , Amy L. Saberian , Melissa A. Lorber , Enoch Kever PLLC, Austin, J. Lyndell Kirkley , Sean R. Looney , The Kirkley Law Firm, L.L.P., Fort Worth, Laura L. Worsham , Lindy D. Jones , Ty J. Jones , Jones, Allen & Fuquay, L.L.P., Dallas, for Petitioners.

John H. Cayce Jr. , Frank Pierce Greenhaw IV , Joseph "Joe" R. Greenhill III , Marshall M. Searcy Jr. , Matthew David Stayton , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Fort Worth, Rachel A. Ekery , Wallace B. Jefferson , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, Austin, William L. Kirkman , Shelly K.A. Messerli , Kirkman Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Fort Worth, Susanna Johnson , Fort Worth, for Respondents.


We are asked in this case to recognize tortious interference with an inheritance as a viable cause of action in Texas. Petitioners and cross-respondents, the Kinsels, argue we already did so more than sixty years ago. We disagree. Although some of our courts of appeals have recognized the tort, we...

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