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SPILLMAN v. ESTATE OF SPILLMAN

No. 19959.

587 S.W.2d 170 (1979)

Joe Shelby SPILLMAN, Robert Frank Spillman, John Milton Spillman, Ruth Ann Ratliff, Mary Alice Sanders, and Judy L. Spillman, Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Amanda Alice SPILLMAN, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reid A. Rector, Erhard, Cox & Ruebel, Dallas, for appellants.

William Andress, Jr., Dallas, for appellee.

Before AKIN, ROBERTSON and HUMPHREYS, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is a will contest. Proponents-appellees Ken Wallis and Republic National Bank of Dallas filed an application to probate the will of Amanda Alice Spillman. Contestants-appellants, the children of Amanda Spillman, filed a contest to this application alleging lack of testamentary capacity because of an insane delusion, undue influence because of a fiduciary relationship, and failure to actually sign and execute the will. Trial was to a jury,...

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