Topic: under the guise of construction · Go Syfert
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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 33 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from San Antonio Area Foundation v. Lang.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 San Antonio Area Foundation v. Lang Anchor
tex · 2000
green “under the guise of construction” 6
2 Sanderson v. First National Bank in Dallas
texapp · 1969
green “add to, subtract from, amend, correct, reform, revise, or rewrite the will even if the court might think that the testator was unreasonable, unjust or unwise in bequeathing and devising his property as he did.” 5
3 Penland v. Agnich
texapp · 1997
green “any other great-grandchildren who may be born after my death” 5
4 Dunn v. County of Dallas
texapp · 1990
green “no other order rescinding, modifying, or otherwise changing this recusal order is in the record.” 5
5 Sharp v. Broadway National Bank
texapp · 1988
green “descendants' as used in this section shall mean any natural born child or children in the line of descent of a deceased parent.” 4
6 Sharp v. Broadway National Bank
texapp · 1988
green “the lawful issue of a deceased parent in the line of descent and shall not be construed to include the issue of a person in the line of descent who is living at the time in question.” 4
7 Penland v. Agnich
texapp · 1997
green “descendants' as used in this section shall mean any natural born child or children in the line of descent of a deceased parent.” 4

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