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      <P class=3DMsoNormal><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Affirmed =
and Majority=20
      and Concurring Opinion filed July 10, 2007.</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal>&nbsp;</P>
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      The</B></P>
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      Court of Appeals</SPAN></B></P>
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align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">NO. <A=20
      name=3Da4>14-05-00677-CV</A></SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><A=20
      name=3Da5><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">CAROLYN ANN=20
      LESIKAR MOON, Individually and as Named Trustee of the CAROLYN ANN =
LESIKAR=20
      MOON SPECIAL TRUST</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">, =
Appellant</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">V.</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><A=20
      name=3Da6><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">WOODY K.=20
      LESIKAR, Individually, as Trustee of the WOODROW V. LESIKAR FAMILY =
TRUST,=20
      Trustee of the WOODY K. LESIKAR SPECIAL TRUST, and Independent =
Executor of=20
      the ESTATE OF WOODROW V. LESIKAR; WEST HOUSTON AIRPORT =
CORPORATION; SHELLY=20
      ANN LESIKAR, Individually and as Trustee of the S&amp;S TRUST; =
STACY JAYNE=20
      LESIKAR MARTIN, Individually and as Trustee of the S&amp;S TRUST; =
and the=20
      S&amp;S TRUST</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">, =
Appellees</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">On Appeal from the =
<A=20
      name=3Da7>149<SUP>th</SUP> District Court</A></SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><A=20
      name=3Da8><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Brazoria</SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> County, =
Texas</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">Trial Court Cause =
No. <A=20
      name=3Da9>33,207</A></SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 0px; Z-INDEX: -1; LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: =
96px; WIDTH: 624px; POSITION: absolute; HEIGHT: 4px"><IMG=20
      height=3D4 src=3D"" width=3D624></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.35pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">C O N C U=20
      R R I N G&nbsp;&nbsp; O P I N I O N</SPAN></B></P></DIV><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN></B>
      <DIV class=3DSection2>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">I agree=20
      with much of the reasoning of the cases on which the majority =
relies, but=20
      those cases are more suited to an analysis of standing under the =
common=20
      law rather than a determination of standing conferred by =
statute.&nbsp;=20
      Here, we need not look outside the Texas Trust Code to determine =
whether=20
      Carolyn has statutory standing.&nbsp; Thus, although I agree with =
the=20
      majority</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
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      disposition of the case, as a threshold matter I would hold that =
Carolyn=20
      has standing to bring her claims under the Texas Trust Code.&nbsp; =
I would=20
      therefore reach the same result as that stated by the majority =
only after=20
      considering Carolyn</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s claims=20
      on the merits.&nbsp; Accordingly, I concur in the result reached =
by the=20
      majority, but write separately on the merits of =
Carolyn</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s ten=20
      issues.<B> </B></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">I.&nbsp;=20
      Standing</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Standing=20
      may be predicated on statutory or common-law authority.&nbsp; =
<I>See=20
      Williams v. Lara</I>, 52 S.W.3d 171, 178</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">79 (Tex.=20
      2001); <I>Everett v. TK-Taito, L.L.C.</I>, 178 S.W.3d 844, 850 =
(Tex.=20
      App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Fort Worth=20
      2005, no pet.).&nbsp; When standing has been statutorily =
conferred, the=20
      statute itself serves as the proper framework for a standing=20
      analysis.&nbsp; <I>Everett</I>, 178 S.W.3d at 851; <I>In</I> <I>re =

      Sullivan</I>, 157 S.W.3d 911, 915 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Houston=20
      [14th Dist.] 2005, orig. proceeding).</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Applying=20
      the statutory framework, the majority notes that Carolyn, =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">would=20
      appear to meet the definition of an interested person with =
standing to=20
      bring suit against a trustee for breach of fiduciary =
duty.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp; I=20
      agree.&nbsp; Although the majority then looks to the common law of =
other=20
      jurisdictions and finds an exception to the standing conferred by =
the=20
      Texas Trust Code, I would confine the analysis to the provisions =
of=20
      relevant statutes.&nbsp; <I>See In</I> <I>re Sullivan</I>, 157 =
S.W.3d at=20
      920 (holding that the Texas Family Code confers standing on a =
purported=20
      sperm donor to maintain suit adjudicating parentage and stating =
that=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[u]nless=20
      and until the Texas Legislature amends the Texas Family Code to =
achieve=20
      the result [relator] urges, there is no basis to deny =
standing</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">).&nbsp;=20
      </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection3>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">The determination of =
whether a=20
      plaintiff possesses standing to assert a particular claim depends =
on the=20
      facts pleaded and the cause of action asserted.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">&nbsp; =
</SPAN><I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Mazon=20
      Assocs., Inc. v. Comerica Bank</SPAN></I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">, 195=20
      S.W.3d 800, 803 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Dallas=20
      2006, no pet.).&nbsp; Texas courts have historically recognized a=20
      distinction between the analysis employed in reviewing common-law =
and=20
      statutory standing.&nbsp; <I>See Williams</I>, 52 S.W.3d at 178=20
      (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">As a=20
      general rule of Texas law, to have standing, <I>unless it is =
conferred by=20
      statute</I>, a plaintiff must demonstrate that he or she possesses =
an=20
      interest in a conflict . . . such that the defendant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s actions=20
      have caused the plaintiff some particular injury.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">)=20
      (emphasis added); <I>In re Sullivan</I>, 157 S.W.3d at 915 =
(</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[T]he=20
      judge-made criteria regarding standing do not apply when the Texas =

      Legislature has conferred standing through a statute.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">).&nbsp;=20
      Because Carolyn claims standing under the Texas Trust Code, =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">the=20
      analysis is a straight statutory construction of the relevant =
statute to=20
      determine upon whom the Texas Legislature conferred standing and =
whether=20
      the claimant in question falls in that category.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;=20
      <I>In re Sullivan</I>, 157 S.W.3d at 915.&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Under the=20
      relevant terms of the Trust Code, I would conclude that Carolyn is =
an=20
      interested person entitled to bring suit.&nbsp; <I>See </I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Prop. Code Ann.</SPAN> =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">''</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;111.004(2),(6),(7),(25),=20
      114.008, 115.001, 115.011 (Vernon 2007).<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn1"=20
      name=3D_ftnref1><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[1]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp;=20
      Accordingly, I would sustain Carolyn</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s tenth=20
      issue and address her nine remaining issues on the =
merits.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">II.&nbsp;=20
      Trust in Effect at the Time of the Stock =
Sale</SPAN></B></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection4>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">In her=20
      third and fourth issues, Carolyn argues that the 1997 Amended =
Family Trust=20
      was in effect at the time the Airport Stock was sold, or in the=20
      alternative, that there are genuine issues of material fact =
concerning=20
      which Family Trust instrument was in effect at the time of the =
sale.&nbsp;=20
      Although Carolyn correctly points out that there is a question of =
fact=20
      regarding the date the stock was sold, I would hold that this is =
not a=20
      material fact, considering the similarity of the key terms of the =
two=20
      agreements.&nbsp; Under both trusts, the settlor has the right to =
revoke=20
      or modify the trust upon written notice, and the trustee is =
authorized=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">to enter=20
      into any transaction on behalf of the trusts despite the fact that =
another=20
      party to the transaction is (I)&nbsp;a trust of which a Trustee of =
these=20
      trusts is also a trustee, . . . [or] (iii) a Trustee or any one or =
more of=20
      the beneficiaries acting on their own behalf . . . .</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn2"=20
      name=3D_ftnref2><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[2]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp; In=20
      light of the similarity of these key provisions addressing the =
rights of=20
      the settlors and the trustees, I would overrule =
Carolyn</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s third=20
      and fourth issues.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">III.&nbsp;=20
      Woody</SPAN></B><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN></B><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">s=20
      Alleged Breach of Duty to Carolyn</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">In her=20
      first issue, Carolyn argues that the trial court erred in denying =
her=20
      motion for summary judgment because no competent evidence proved =
that=20
      Woody</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s purchase=20
      of the Airport Stock was fair.&nbsp; Similarly, she argues in her =
second=20
      issue that the trial court erred in granting the Lesikar=20
      Defendants</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn3"=20
      name=3D_ftnref3><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[3]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =

      counter-motion for interlocutory summary judgment because=20
      Woody</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s alleged=20
      self-dealing in purchasing the Airport Stock was not excused by=20
      exculpatory language in the trust.&nbsp; In her eighth issue, =
Carolyn=20
      contends that Woody had a fiduciary obligation as co-trustee to =
avoid=20
      self-dealing transactions, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">even if=20
      the Family Trust was revocable and even if [the Settlor] =
participated in=20
      and directed those transactions.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">This=20
      argument is rebutted by the terms of the trusts and of the Trust=20
      Code.&nbsp; As previously noted, Article VII, section 7.1(h) of =
each trust=20
      permits such </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">self-dealing.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;=20
      Moreover, at the time the summary judgment motions were filed, =
heard, and=20
      decided, the Texas Trust Code provided as =
follows:</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection5>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">If a trust=20
      instrument reserves or vests authority in any person to the =
exclusion of=20
      the trustee, including the settlor&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;to =
direct the=20
      making or retention of an investment or to perform any other act =
in the=20
      management or administration of the trust, the excluded trustee or =

      cotrustee is not liable for a loss resulting from the exercise of =
the=20
      authority in regard to the investments, management, or =
administration of=20
      the trust.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">Tex.=20
      Prop. Code Ann.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =

      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =
114.003=20
      (Vernon 1995).<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn4"=20
      name=3D_ftnref4><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[4]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp;=20
      As amended, the statute now provides:<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn5"=20
      name=3D_ftnref5><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[5]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 4.55pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      The terms of a trust may give a trustee or other person a power to =
direct=20
      the modification or termination of the trust.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 4.55pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      If the terms of a trust give a person the power to direct certain =
actions=20
      of the trustee, the trustee shall act in accordance with the=20
      person</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">s direction=20
unless:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 4.55pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      the direction is manifestly contrary to the terms of the trust;=20
      or</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 4.55pt 1.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      the trustee knows the direction would constitute a serious breach =
of a=20
      fiduciary duty that the person holding the power to direct owes to =
the=20
      beneficiaries of the trust.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 4.55pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A=20
      person, other than a beneficiary, who holds a power to direct is=20
      presumptively a fiduciary required to act in good faith with =
regard to the=20
      purposes of the trust and the interests of the =
beneficiaries.&nbsp; The=20
      holder of a power to direct is liable for any loss that results =
from a=20
      breach of the person</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">s fiduciary =
duty.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">Tex.=20
      Prop. Code Ann.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =

      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =
114.003=20
      (Vernon 2007).<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn6"=20
      name=3D_ftnref6><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[6]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp;=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">&gt;</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[T]erms of=20
      the trust</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =
means the=20
      manifestation of intention of the settlor with respect to the =
trust=20
      expressed in a manner that admits of its proof in judicial=20
      proceedings.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;=20
      <I>Id.</I> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;111.004(15).</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection6>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Here, each=20
      of the trusts reserved to the settlor the power to modify or =
revoke the=20
      trust, in whole or in part, and Carolyn does not argue that Mr.=20
      Lesikar</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s decision=20
      was the result of coercion, undue influence, lack of capacity, or =
was=20
      otherwise involuntary.&nbsp; To the contrary, Carolyn essentially=20
      complains that Woody violated his fiduciary duty to her by =
<I>failing=20
      </I>to influence her father to abandon his intent to transfer the =
Airport=20
      Stock to him.&nbsp; She contends that, as a trustee, Woody has a =
fiduciary=20
      duty to the contingent beneficiaries, and must therefore prevent =
the=20
      co-trustee from removing property from the trust or transferring =
former=20
      trust property to him.&nbsp; In effect, she argues that, in his =
capacity=20
      as a trustee, Woody</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s duty to=20
      her as a contingent beneficiary trumps his duty to fulfill the =
expressed=20
      intent of the settlor. </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">But this=20
      argument elevates the rights of a beneficiary above the rights of =
the=20
      settlor.&nbsp; Here, the settlor is also a trustee; thus, under =
the=20
      fiduciary duties that Carolyn suggests, the settlor would share =
the same=20
      duty to prevent the removal of trust property.&nbsp; <I>See =
id.</I>=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;114.006.&nbsp;=20
      Thus, the settlor could revoke the trust only by breaching his =
duty to=20
      every beneficiary, contingent beneficiary, and remainderman who =
held an=20
      interest, however attenuated, in the trust property.&nbsp; Under =
this=20
      interpretation, the trust would no longer be freely =
revocable.&nbsp;=20
      Because a fiduciary must also place the interests of the one to =
whom a=20
      duty is owed above his own interests, it would seem that the =
settlor, in=20
      his capacity as trustee, would have a duty to prevent =
<I>himself</I>, in=20
      his capacity as settlor, from revoking the trust.&nbsp; This =
result is=20
      inconsistent with the Trust Code and the terms of the trust=20
      documents.&nbsp; <I>Id.</I> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;112.051(a)=20
      (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">A settlor=20
      may revoke the trust unless it is irrevocable by the express terms =
of the=20
      instrument creating it or of an instrument modifying =
it.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">).</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection7>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">I would=20
      hold that Woody</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      cooperation in the stock purchase was in accordance with the =
direction of=20
      his father, who was empowered to direct his actions.&nbsp; =
Moreover,=20
      Woody</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s purchase=20
      of the stock was not manifestly contrary to the terms of the =
trust, but=20
      complied with the intent of Mr. Lesikar as demonstrated not only =
in the=20
      written terms of the trust, but in the written stock transfer and =
the=20
      endorsed check.&nbsp; <I>See</I> <I>Haldeman v. Openheimer</I>, =
119 S.W.=20
      1158, 1162 (Tex. Civ. App. 1909), <I>aff</I></SPAN><I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN></I><I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">d as=20
      modified</SPAN></I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">, 103 Tex.=20
      275, 126 S.W. 566 (1910).<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn7"=20
      name=3D_ftnref7><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[7]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>=20
      In arguing the contrary, Carolyn relies on authorities that speak=20
      generally of the duties a trustee owes to a remainderman or to a=20
      contingent beneficiary, but that do not adequately reconcile the=20
      exculpatory terms of the trust, the rights of the settlor, the =
rights of=20
      other beneficiaries, and the trustee</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      obligation to comply with the lawful directions of the =
settlor:&nbsp;=20
      &nbsp;&nbsp; In construing a trust, the whole instrument creating =
or=20
      declaring the trust must be considered, in order to determine the=20
      settlor</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s intent,=20
      and not merely any particular provision, part, clause, or phrase =
by=20
      itself, and consideration should not be given merely to disjoined=20
      parts.&nbsp; All parts, provisions, or terms of the instrument are =
to be=20
      considered, each paragraph provision, or phrase must be read in =
the light=20
      of the whole instrument, and not in isolation, and no clause is to =
be=20
      given undue preference.&nbsp; The meaning of a part of a provision =
must be=20
      determined from the provision as a whole.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Brown v.=20
      Scherck</SPAN></I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">, 393=20
      S.W.2d 172, 183 (Tex. Civ. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Corpus=20
      Christi 1965, no writ) (quoting 90 C.J.S. <I>Trusts =
</I></SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;161,=20
      p. 22</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">23).&nbsp;=20
      </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Under the=20
      terms of each of the trusts, Mr. Lesikar manifested an intent to =
exercise=20
      control over the trust property during his lifetime.&nbsp; Indeed, =
the=20
      following language concerning a testamentary trust is largely =
applicable=20
      to Mr. Lesikar</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s rights=20
      as settlor:</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection8>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[Testatrix],=20
      as the owner of the property in question, had the absolute right =
to=20
      dispose of it&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;as she saw fit, and to put =
upon=20
      the title or the use of the property such limitations as she =
deemed=20
      proper, not in violation of law nor against public policy.&nbsp; =
[Her]=20
      daughter[] had only such interest in the property as her mother =
conferred=20
      upon her, and it is not for the courts to say that the limitation =
created=20
      by the trust is unreasonable or unjust, if it be lawful.<I>&nbsp; =
Bank v.=20
      Adams</I>, 133 Mass. 170, 43 Am. Rep. 504; <I>Claflin v. =
Claflin</I>, 149=20
      Mass. 19, 20 N. E. 454, 3 L. R. A. 370, 14 Am. St. Rep. 393.&nbsp; =
In the=20
      latter case, the court said: </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">A testator=20
      has a right to dispose of his own property with such restrictions =
and=20
      limitations, not repugnant to law, as he sees fit, and his =
intentions=20
      ought to be carried out, unless they contravene some positive rule =
of law,=20
      or are against public policy.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =

      </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Lanius v.=20
      Fletcher</SPAN></I><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">, 100 Tex.=20
      550, 555, 101 S.W. 1076, 1078 (1907).&nbsp; Like the testatrix =
described a=20
      hundred years ago in <I>Lanius</I>, Mr. Lesikar, as the settlor, =
had the=20
      right to dispose of his property as he saw fit, and the=20
      trustee</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s primary=20
      duty under the terms of the trust at issue was to carry out the=20
      settlor</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s lawful=20
      intentions.&nbsp; Here, the settlor</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s manifest=20
      intent was to transfer the Airport Stock out of the trust.<A =
title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn8"=20
      name=3D_ftnref8><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[8]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">But=20
      Carolyn argues that her father had the right to revoke the Family =
Trust=20
      only if he did so in writing and in his capacity as settlor, =
rather than=20
      as trustee.&nbsp; She contends that until such a writing was =
received by a=20
      trustee, her father and brother owed her fiduciary duties.&nbsp; =
For the=20
      reasons discussed below and in the majority</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      discussion of <I>Starcrest Trust v. Berry</I>,<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftn9"=20
      name=3D_ftnref9><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">[9]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>=20
      I would hold that Mr. Lesikar was not required to provide the =
written=20
      notice Carolyn suggests.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">IV.&nbsp;=20
      Requirements for the Sale of the Airport Stock</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">In her=20
      seventh issue, Carolyn contends that the Airport Defendants failed =
to=20
      differentiate between actions by Mr. Lesikar in his capacity as =
Settlor=20
      and in his capacity as Trustee.&nbsp; In her ninth issue, Carolyn =
contends=20
      that the transfer of the Airport Stock did not meet the =
requirements of an=20
      amendment or revocation of the Family Trust.&nbsp; According to =
her=20
      interpretation of the trusts, Mr. Lesikar could not transfer the =
Airport=20
      Stock to Woody unless he first removed the Airport Stock from the =
trust by=20
      writing a notice of the revocation, in his capacity as Settlor, =
and=20
      delivering the notice to Woody or to himself, in their capacities =
as=20
      trustees.&nbsp; </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection9>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">I do not=20
      read the trusts to impose such a requirement.&nbsp; Mr. Lesikar =
could=20
      combine the removal of the stock from the trust with the transfer =
of his=20
      stock to Woody, to Woody</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      children, or to a trust for either of them.&nbsp; Simply stated, =
Mr.=20
      Lesikar (as Settlor) could direct </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">himself=20
      (as trustee) to make the transfer directly on behalf of the =
Settlor.&nbsp;=20
      <I>See</I> Art. II, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =
2.1 of=20
      Trust (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Trustee=20
      may distribute to or apply for the benefit of Settlor</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s children=20
      . . . such amounts of trust, income and/or principal as Settlor =
shall=20
      direct in writing.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">); <I>see=20
      also </I><SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Prop. Code =

      Ann.</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =
113.002=20
      (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Except as=20
      provided by Section 113.001, a trustee may exercise any powers in =
addition=20
      to the powers authorized by this subchapter that are necessary or=20
      appropriate to carry out the purposes of the trust.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">);=20
      <I>id.</I> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">&nbsp;113.024=20
      (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">The=20
      powers, duties, and responsibilities under this subtitle do not =
exclude=20
      other implied powers, duties, or responsibilities that are not=20
      inconsistent with this subtitle.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">).&nbsp; I=20
      would therefore overrule Carolyn</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s first,=20
      second, seventh, eighth, and ninth issues.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">V.&nbsp;=20
      Limitations</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">In her=20
      fifth and sixth issues, Carolyn contends that the Lesikar=20
      Defendants</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =

      limitations defense fails as a matter of law, or alternatively, =
there are=20
      material fact issues concerning the Lesikar Defendants</SPAN><SPAN =

      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"> =

      limitations defense.&nbsp; Because I would affirm the trial=20
      court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s order on=20
      other grounds, I would not reach these issues.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">VI.&nbsp;=20
      Conclusion</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">I agree=20
      with the majority</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      conclusion that Mr. Lesikar could and did remove the Airport Stock =
from=20
      the trust corpus without writing and delivering notice to himself; =

      moreover, I agree with the majority that it would be absurd to =
read the=20
      trust documents to impose such a requirement.&nbsp; I further =
agree that=20
      Carolyn</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s=20
      complaints regarding the sale of the Airport Stock are without =
merit=20
      because the evidence manifests Mr. Lesikar</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s intent=20
      to sell the stock to Woody for $2,000, and Mr. Lesikar had the =
right and=20
      the unchallenged capacity to do so.&nbsp; However, I would hold =
that this=20
      evidence, while important in evaluating </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection10>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">the merits=20
      of the arguments, does not undermine Carolyn</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">s standing=20
      under the Texas Trust Code.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
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justify"><SPAN=20
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Shruti">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Eva M. Guzman</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti">Justice</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: Shruti"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Judgment=20
      rendered and Majority Opinion and Concurring Opinion filed July =
10,=20
      2007.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Panel=20
      consists of Justices Anderson, Hudson, and Guzman.&nbsp; (Hudson, =
J.=20
      Majority)</SPAN></P></DIV>
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      <DIV id=3Dftn1>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref1"=20
      name=3D_ftn1><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[1]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; I disagree with the =
majority</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">s conclusion that Carolyn had no =
interest in the=20
      Airport Stock under the 1990 Family Trust.&nbsp; Carolyn was a =
contingent=20
      beneficiary, and the stock would pass to her if Woody died without =
living=20
      descendants.&nbsp; Under the terms of the Texas Trust Code, this=20
      contingent interest is sufficient to confer standing.&nbsp; <I>See =

      </I><SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Prop. Code =
Ann.</SPAN>=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">''</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp;111.004(2), (6), (7); <I>In re =
Estate of=20
      Bivins</I>, No. 07-01-0131-CV, 2002 WL 1478661, *1 (Tex. =
App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Amarillo July 10, 2002, no pet.) (not =
designated=20
      for publication) (holding that a contingent beneficiary of a trust =
has a=20
      justiciable interest and standing to prosecute the suit).&nbsp; =
Carolyn=20
      also has standing as a remainderman under the 1997 Amended Family=20
      Trust.&nbsp; <I>See Yturri v. Yturri</I>, 504 S.W.2d 809, 812 =
(Tex. Civ.=20
      App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">San Antonio 1973, no writ) (holding that =
a=20
      remainderman as to the corpus of a trust </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">is clearly a person </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">&gt;</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">actually interested</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> and has standing to maintain suit under =
the=20
      predecessor to the Texas Trust Code).</SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn2>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref2"=20
      name=3D_ftn2><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[2]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; 1990 Family Trust, Art. VII, =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp;7.1(h); 1997 Amended Family Trust, =
Art. VII,=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp;7.1(h).</SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn3>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref3"=20
      name=3D_ftn3><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[3]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; Carolyn defines the </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lesikar Defendants</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> as her brother Woody, individually and =
as trustee=20
      of the Woodrow V. Lesikar Family Trust, as trustee of the Woody K. =
Lesikar=20
      Special Trust, and as independent&nbsp; executor of the Estate of =
Woodrow=20
      V. Lesikar.</SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn4>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref4"=20
      name=3D_ftn4><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[4]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; <I>Amended by</I> Act of May 12, =
2005, 79th=20
      Leg., R.S., ch. 148, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> 19, 2005 Tex. Gen. Laws 287, 293, =
effective Jan.=20
      1, 2006.</SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn5>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref5"=20
      name=3D_ftn5><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[5]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; The terms of both trusts include =
any=20
      amendments to the Texas Trust Code.</SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn6>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref6"=20
      name=3D_ftn6><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[6]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; Section 31 of Acts 2005, 79th =
Leg., ch. 148=20
      provides:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Except as otherwise provided by a will, the terms of a trust, or =
this Act,=20
      the changes in law made by this Act apply to:</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a=20
      trust existing or created on or after January 1, 2006;</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the=20
      estate of a decedent who dies before January 1, 2006, if the =
probate or=20
      administration of the estate is pending on or after January 1, =
2006;=20
      and</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the=20
      estate of a decedent who dies on or after January 1,=20
2006.</SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn7>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref7"=20
      name=3D_ftn7><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[7]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">It is true that the appellants, though =
only with a=20
      remote and contingent interest, may be allowed to object to a =
wasteful or=20
      extravagant administration of the trust, or to a disposition of =
the=20
      property not provided for in the will or allowed by law; but the =
fact that=20
      their future interest may be affected by a sale of the property or =
a=20
      change in its form would afford no just ground of complaint, if =
such=20
      change or sale was authorized by the will, or to accomplish a =
purpose=20
      either expressly or impliedly provided for by its =
terms.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn8>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref8"=20
      name=3D_ftn8><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[8]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; The majority states that Mr. =
Lesikar wrote=20
      to Carolyn explaining his decision.&nbsp; But Carolyn contests the =

      authenticity of the September 5, 1997 letter that was purportedly =
written=20
      by her father, and this dispute was not resolved in the trial =
court.&nbsp;=20
      In light of this continuing disagreement, I respectfully disagree =
with the=20
      majority</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">s characterization of this document as a =
letter=20
      from Mr. Lesikar; however, the letter is not necessary to the =
resolution=20
      of the issues presented on appeal.&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></P></DIV>
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83597#_ftnref9"=20
      name=3D_ftn9><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN =
class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">[9]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; 926 S.W.2d 343, 352</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">53 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Austin 1996, no=20
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Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
A.SiteBase:hover {
	COLOR: blue
}
.ErrorNormal {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: red; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
.ErrorSmall {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: red; =
FONT-FAMILY: Arial Narrow
}
.SystemMSG {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: white; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
navy
}
.SystemErrorMSG {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; COLOR: white; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: red
}
.buttonUnused {
	PADDING-RIGHT: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: =
9pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; MARGIN: 1pt; COLOR: #fff5d7; PADDING-TOP: 1pt; =
BACKGROUND-COLOR: #576a9d; font-face: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif
}
.buttonTanUnused {
	PADDING-RIGHT: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 1pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: =
9pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; MARGIN: 1pt; COLOR: #576a9d; PADDING-TOP: 1pt; =
BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff5d7; font-face: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif
}
.TextLargeBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, =
sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.DocketHeaderTitle {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, ' Helvetica', sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center
}
.TextLargeBlack {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.TextLargeBlackcenter {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-ALIGN: center
}
.TextBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
A.TextBlue {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000099; LINE-HEIGHT: =
normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
.TextRed {
	FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; =
FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}
.TextHidenGray {
	FONT-SIZE: 0pt; COLOR: #ebebe1; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: =
Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left
}
.Time {
	FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 4em; =
FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center
}

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