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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 28 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.

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1 San Antonio Area Foundation v. Lang Anchor
tex · 2000
green “in this light, courts must not redraft wills to vary or add provisions 'under the guise of construction of the language of the will' to reach a presumed intent.” 13
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

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