Jury sides with Houston museum in $250 million dispute
- November 17, 2009 12:17
Houston oilman Alfred Glassell Jr., who founded Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., left an estate of about $500 million when he died at age 95 in 2008. His 52-year-old daughter Curry Glassell challenged the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, a charity beneficiary named in her father's final will, battling in court for more of the money, and lost when the jury ruled Monday in the museum's favor to receive half of the oilman's fortune.
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