AUSTIN TRUST COMPANY v. HOUREN

No. 21-0355.

664 S.W.3d 35 (2023)

AUSTIN TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE OF the BOB AND ELIZABETH LANIER DESCENDANTS TRUSTS FOR ROBERT CLAYTON LANIER, JR., et al., Petitioners, v. Jay HOUREN, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Robert C. Lanier, Deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: March 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry W. Beyer, Pro Se.

Douglas W. Alexander , Austin, Anna M. Baker , Jimmy Walker , Houston, Bennett Stahl , San Antonio, David H. Goodman , Austin, for Petitioner.

Michelle Rose Meriam Blair , Margaret E. Bryant , Houston, J. Don Jackson , Timothy Russell Lankau , Timothy F. Lee , Houston, for Respondent.


The issues in this case involve the scope and validity of liability releases in a family settlement agreement relating to the administration of a decedent's estate. Some of the parties to that agreement were the remainder beneficiaries of a marital trust, of which the decedent had been the trustee...

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