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SKINNER v. MOORE

No. 11-96-106-CV.

940 S.W.2d 755 (1997)

Ben S. SKINNER, III and Sharon Leigh Kane, Appellants, v. Shirley J. MOORE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

February 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Keely Timms, Barbara M. Anderson, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, Dallas, for appellants.

Paul Mohtares, James W. Morris, Jr., Goins, Underkofler, Crawford & Langdon, Dallas, for appellee.

Before ARNOT, C.J., and DICKENSON, J., and McCLOUD, Senior Justice.

OPINION

McCLOUD, Senior Justice.

This is a will construction case. The issue is whether "four Subway Sandwich Shop franchises" pass to Shirley J. Moore as a specific bequest or to Ben S. Skinner, III and Sharon Leigh Kane under the residuary clause of the will. All parties moved for summary judgment. The trial court ruled in favor of Moore. Skinner and Kane appeal. We affirm.

The controversy results from a codicil to the will of Ben S. Skinner, Jr...

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