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The legal stuff is the legal stuff but I know what
my mother meant and I know what my sister and I meant.
* * * * * * *
Q And would it be fair to describe your
understanding of this agreement with your mother that
you can’t really put a specific date on when you--when
the agreement was reached that you would be able to
lease this for the rest of your life. It was just
something that was understood by you and your sister
and your mother?
A As far as putting an actual date * * * No.
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A It’s a family deal, and you know when you’re
sitting and drinking coffee and whatever and talking to
your mother you hear stuff.
Q Sure.
A And she says stuff, and I don’t know how else
to say this, but a fact’s a fact.
On cross-examination, Edwards testified:
Q Well, you do agree, do you not, in connection
with that last question that the terms of the
memorialized post-death leases were substantially
different from the existing leases and the alleged oral
options, don’t you?
A Yes.
Edwards acknowledged that the terms of the postdeath leases
allowing hunting were not authorized by his mother and were
contrary to her long-held adamant opposition to the use of the
ranch properties for hunting.
Carson testified, in response to the estate’s counsel:
Q Have you been able to and can you identify a
specific date certain or dates certain that you and
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