Legal Opinion

Lones v. Winzer

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 30, 1971PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOPER, Presiding Judge (E. S.).

Eva Lones Winzer, a defendant below, has appealed from the decree of the Chancery Court of Knox County that Alvin Lones acquired a fee simple estate in the farm described in Article II of the Will of Kate Baker Lones, and that each of the parties to the suit, being heirs at law of Alvin Lones, owns an undivided interest in fee simple in the farm. Mrs. Winzer insists the Chancellor should have decreed that Alvin Lones acquired only a base fee (also referred to as a fee simple determinable) under the will, and that the fee terminated on his death “without…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Meacham v. GrahamTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. TarwaterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
  3. Katzenberger v. WeaverTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Eckhardt v. PhillipsTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Johnson v. PainterTennessee Supreme Court · 1949

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Collins v. SmithsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Harris v. BittikoferTennessee Supreme Court · 1976

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