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· 5/13/2005

Austin Nursing Center, Inc. v. Lovato

Citations

  • 171 S.W.3d 845
  • 48 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 624
  • 2005 Tex. LEXIS 386
  • 2005 WL 1124764

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “a challenge to a party’s capacity must be raised by a verified pleading in the trial court”
  • holding that after a decedent’s death the “estate has a justiciable interest in the controversy”
  • holding that after a decedent’s death the “estate has a justiciable interest in the controversy”
  • holding that for a plaintiff to have capacity, it must have the legal authority to act
  • holding that for a plaintiff to have capacity, it must have the legal authority to act
  • concluding that although suit had been brought by the decedent’s representative because the decedent’s estate lacked capacity, the decedent’s estate had a justiciable interest in the controversy sufficient to confer standing

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Judges: Jefferson, Johnson

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