Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-18 10:10:23.034652+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:41:34.184433
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In the
                          Court of Appeals
                  Second Appellate District of Texas
                           at Fort Worth
                                No. 02-23-00104-CV

IN THE ESTATE OF CLAUDE M.                §   On Appeal from Probate Court No. 2
COOPER, JR., DECEASED
                                          §   of Tarrant County (2021-PR03242-2A)

                                          §   March 14, 2024

                                          §   Memorandum Opinion by Justice Wallach

                                   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 dismissed in part and remanded in part. We dismiss all of Appellee James

Franklin Cooper’s claims against Appellant Virginia Cooper Downes and all of his

claims against Appellant Mary Sue Cooper Huffman except for the breach-of-

fiduciary-duty claim against Mary Sue based on her withdrawing funds from the Trust.
We remand this case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this

opinion.

      It is further ordered that each party shall bear their own costs of this appeal, for

which let execution issue.

                                       SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

                                       By _/s/ Mike Wallach___________________
                                          Justice Mike Wallach