Armes v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “[b]ecause Armes passed away before this suit was filed, she did not have standing to assert a claim”
• holding that “[b]ecause Armes passed away before this suit was filed, she did not have standing to assert a claim”
• amended petition does not relate back to original petition when original petition did not give court jurisdiction to hear case
• “[A] decedent’s estate is not a legal entity and may not properly sue or be sued as such. In general, only the estate’s representative has the capacity to act on behalf of the estate.” (Citation omitted)
• current version at Tex. Est. Code Ann. § 101.001(a) (West 2014)
• “The estate is distinct from the individual.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).