Herbst v. Sheppard’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Commissioners Court of Titus County v. Agan · Cervantes v. Walker · Vortt Exploration Co., Inc. v. Chevron USA, Inc.
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“(c) In those counties where there is a statutory probate court, county court at law, or other statutory court exercising the jurisdiction of a probate court, all applications, petitions and motions regarding probate and administrations shall be filed and heard in such comts and the constitutional county court, rather than in the district courts, unless otherwise provided by the legislature, and the judges of such courts may hear any of such matters sitting for the judge of any of such courts. In contested matters, the judge of the constitutional county court may on his own motion, and shall on the motion of any party to the proceeding, transfer the proceeding to the statutory probate court, county court at law, or other statutory court exercising the jurisdiction of a probate court, which may then hear the proceeding as if originally filed in such court. [[Image here]] (e) All courts exercising original probate jurisdiction shall have the power to hear all matters incident to an estate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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