Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Milam
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 7, 2005No. W2003-03061-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · HighersAlan E. Highers, J.
in which W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.
This appeal involves the construction of a holographic will. Following the decedent’s death, two documents in her own handwriting were found among her papers which the probate court admitted as her holographic will. The will contained devises of real and personal property to named individuals and charities. At her death, however, the decedent owned property in excess of the devises made in her will. The executor filed three separate petitions to construe the decedent’s will. The children of the decedent’s sister…
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