Wadsworth v. Chick

Citations

• 55 Tex. 241
• 1881 Tex. LEXIS 110

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction.— The probate court had no jurisdiction over contests for the estate of a decedent between the administrator and one claiming it by virtue of a gift causa mortis; and the district court would acquire no jurisdiction by an appeal prosecuted by the administrator from a judgment rendered against him and in favor of the claimant. An appeal in such proceeding from the judgment of the district court was dismissed at the costs of the claimant, by whom the suit was improperly brought.</p>