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WATKINS v. BOYKIN

No. 6472.

536 S.W.2d 400 (1976)

R. Wright WATKINS, Sr. et al., Appellants, v. W. Ben BOYKIN and C. O. Niblack, Administrators of the Estate of Benjamin Edmund Watkins, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins, Langford & Pine, John A. Langford, Charles E. Vinson, El Paso, for appellants.

Scott, Hulse, Marshall & Feuille, J. F. Hulse, Charles R. Jones, Schuyler B. Marshall, El Paso, for appellees.

OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

In this will contest, the trial Court admitted to probate a handwritten instrument as the last will of Benjamin Edmund Watkins. Admission to probate was opposed on the grounds that the instrument was not a will. Questions presented on appeal are whether or not the instrument evidenced testamentary intent and whether a portion of the instrument could be admitted as a will when the...

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