ESTATE OF Gilbert M. DENMAN Jr., Deceased

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• holding that residual four-year limitations period of Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 16.051 applies to declaratory judgment action to construe a will
• A declaratory judgment is appropriate only if real and substantial controversy involving genuine conflict of tangible interest and not merely a theoretical dispute exists.
• determination of the date on which a cause of action accrues is a question of law for the court
• “Alleged omissions or inaccuracies typically go to the weight of the evidence, not its admissibility.”
• in a declaratory judgment act claim construing a will, limitations did not accrue until an actual controversy arose between the parties over who was liable to pay gift taxes

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