Vaughn v. Gunter

Dec 31, 1970
B-2393
Reporters:
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Before:
Per Curiam
PER CURIAM.

The court of civil appeals has said (458 S.W.2d 523) that ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‍the question in the appeal is “whether Gary William Vaughn, the adopted child of G. H. Vaughn, Jr., is entitled to share ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‍in the remainder-class gift to ‘children’ within the meaning of that term as used in the trust instruments.” We approve the holding ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‍of the court of civil appeals that under the 1951 amendment of Section 9 of Article 46a, Vernon’s Ann.Tex. Civ.St., in’ the ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‍absence of words indicating a contrary intention the unqualified words “children” and “child” include an adopted child. The application for writ of ‍‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‍error was refused, no reversible error; the motion for rehearing is overruled.