mary-t-ard-v-edward-r-hudson-jr-and-william-a-hudson-ii ( 2015 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-13-00198-CV
Mary T. Ard § From Probate Court No. 1
v.
§ of Tarrant County (2002-1286-A-1)
Edward R. Hudson, Jr. and William
A. Hudson, II, Individually and as Co-
Executors of the Estate of Josephine
T. Hudson, Deceased, and as Co- § August 20, 2015
Trustees of the Edward R. Hudson
Trust No. One, Frost National Bank,
Josephine Terrell Ard Rensch, and
E. Randall Hudson III § Opinion by Justice Dauphinot
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that
there was error in part of the trial court’s judgment. It is ordered that the
judgment of the trial court is reversed in part. That portion of the trial court’s
judgment concluding that Appellees Edward R. Hudson, Jr. and William A.
Hudson, II, Individually and as Co-Executors of the Estate of Josephine T.
Hudson, Deceased, and as Co-Trustees of the Edward R. Hudson Trust No.
One; Josephine Terrell Ard Rensch; and E. Randall Hudson III (the Hudsons) did
not violate the forfeiture clause as a matter of law stands. We reverse the
remainder of the trial court’s judgment and remand this case to the trial court for
further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
It is further ordered that the Hudsons shall jointly and severally pay all of
the costs of this appeal, for which let execution issue.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
By _/s/ Lee Ann Dauphinot______________
Justice Lee Ann Dauphinot