This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purposes.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 38.005
LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case Shook v. Walden (2010)
Most recently applied in Rita Palfreyman v. Becky Gaconnet and Leslie Jones (September 2018)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
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