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RUBY v. GREEN

No. 1010.

535 S.W.2d 385 (1976)

Sammy Truitt RUBY et al., Appellants, v. Estel GREEN et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom A. Garner, Jr., Rhodes, Garner & Roberts, Port Lavaca, Robert E. Ballard, Kronzer, Abraham & Watkins, Houston, for appellants.

Fred P. Turner, Port Lavaca, Donald A. Edwards, Victoria, for appellees.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

In this will construction case, the parties contend that our main problem is the construction of the nineteenth paragraph, the abatement provision, of the will of Loyce D. Johnson, deceased. That paragraph reads as follows:

"It is my intention and I hereby direct that in the event there is insufficient funds on hand at the time of my death to pay the specific cash bequests contained in this, my Last Will and Testament...

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