Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Mayes
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 30, 1992PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiffs 1 from the Chancellor’s denial of their petition to set aside an order admitting the Will of Hazel Keck Mayes, deceased, to probate in solemn form.
The pertinent facts are as follows:
Mrs. Mayes was bom on 4 March 1904 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. She moved from Claiborne County to Knoxville, Ten nessee, and married George T. Mayes on 7 November 1920. No children were born of their marriage.
In 1956, prior to her husband’s death, Mrs. Mayes began suffering from increased nervousness that caused her to become violent. Her husband had her…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jerkins v. McKinneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
- Patterson v. Rockwell InternationalTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
- Harper v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
- State v. LancasterTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
- Thomas v. HamlinCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1964
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Green v. HigdonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- McGill v. HendrixCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- Ada Bell Brown and Beverly J. Everett, Marion Evertt Barton, and Gerald Joseph Everett v. Ralph Everett (Individually) and as of the Estate of Joseph Robert EverettCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
- Gawerc v. Montgomery County, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2001
- Karr v. GibsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
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