Estate of Shirley L. Benson

Opinion

ACCEPTED 04-15-00087-CV E-FILED FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS IN MATTERS PROBATE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 2/20/2015 Accepted: 2/20/2015 1:49:18 PM4:14:09 PM KEITH HOTTLE GERARD RICKHOFF CLERK CLERK PROBATE COURTS BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS CAUSE NO. 155,572 BY:___________________ ROXANNE STRAIT ESTATE OF § IN THE PROBATE FILED COURT IN § 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SHIRLEY L. BENSON, § NO. 2 02/20/2015 4:14:09 PM § KEITH E. HOTTLE Deceased, § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS Clerk

CAUSE NO. 155,572-A

RENEE BENSON § IN THE PROBATE COURT § V. § § NO. 2 THOMAS MILTON BENSON, JR. § As Trustee of the § SHIRLEY L. BENSON § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS TESTAMENTARY TRUST §

NOTICE OF ACCELERATED INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL

Respondent-Trustee THOMAS MILTON BENSON, JR. hereby gives notice

that he desires to appeal from the Amended Order Granting Injunction,

Suspending Trustee & Appointing Limited Temporary Co-Receivers with Restrictions

signed on February 18, 2015 in Cause No. 155,572; Estate of Shirley L. Benson,

Deceased and Cause No. 155,572-A, Renee Benson v. Thomas Milton Benson,

Jr., as Trustee of the Shirley L. Benson Testamentary Trust; in the Probate

Court Number 2 of Bexar County, Texas. This order modifies a prior order,

which is already on appeal in No. 04-15-00087-CV. See Tex. R. App. P. 27.3.

This accelerated appeal will be to the San Antonio Court of Appeals.

See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(a)(1); Tex. R. App. P. 28.1(a).

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Submitted on: 2/19/2015 4:45:21 PM February 19, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

BECK│REDDEN LLP

By: /s/ David J. Beck David J. Beck State Bar No. 00000070 Russell S. Post State Bar No. 00797258 Troy Ford State Bar No. 24032181 Owen J. McGovern State Bar No. 24092804 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500 Houston, Texas 77010-2010 Telephone: (713) 951-3700 Telecopier: (713) 951-3720

And

STONE PIGMAN WALTHER WITTMANN L.L.C. Phillip A Wittmann (Admitted pro hoc vice) 546 Carondelet Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-3558 Telephone: (504) 581-3200 Telecopier: (504) 581-3361

ATTORNEYS FOR TRUSTEE THOMAS MILTON BENSON, JR. As Trustee of the SHIRLEY L. BENSON TESTAMENTARY TRUST

1884.1/556909 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of foregoing document was served in compliance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure on February 19, 2015, on the following:

Bennett L. Stahl CURL STAHL GEIS A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION One Riverwalk Place 700 North St. Mary’s Street, Suite 1800 San Antonio, Texas 78205 blstahl@csg-law.com

Emily Harrison Liljenwal SCHOENBAUM, CURPHY & SCANLAN, P.C. 112 E. Pecan, Suite 3000 San Antonio, Texas 78205 eliljenwall@scs-law.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER RENEE BENSON

/s/ David J. Beck DAVID J. BECK

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