Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children of Texas v. Stahl

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• holding that “[a] will speaks at the time of the testator’s death, and it is the estate he then possessed that passes according to the terms of that will.”
• holding adeemed a testatrix’s bequest of her “home place” when she did not change the terms of her will after the home’s sale
• holding that a will speaks at the time of the testator’s death
• holding that a will speaks at the time of the testator's death
• noting that intent is derived from the words actually used and that courts cannot redraft wills to reflect presumed intent
• “All rules of construction must yield to the basic intention and purpose of the testator as reflected by the entire instrument.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).