Vaughn v. Gunter

Texas Supreme Court
Vaughn v. Gunter, 461 S.W.2d 599 (Tex. 1970)
14 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 151; 1970 Tex. LEXIS 310
Per Curiam

Vaughn v. Gunter

Opinion

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.

Reference

Full Case Name
Grady H. VAUGHN, III Et Al., Petitioners, v. E. H. GUNTER Et Al., Respondents
Cited By
19 cases
Status
Published