Court of Appeals of Texas April 30, 1980, B2381 (Alford v. Alford)

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MILLER, Justice.

In this appeal from the county court’s refusal to grant letters testamentary to the appellant, Allen Alford, we are faced with interpreting a long-standing statute which seems to be little known and to be less understood.

Decedent, Robert A. Alford, died August 7,1979 leaving a valid will which named the appellees herein, Dan Frank Alford and H.