Goodman v. Palmer
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— PIoN. FeaNcis Fentress, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
Goodman, as the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of E. J. Halley, deceased, filed the bill of complaint for the purpose of bringing before the court the legatees under the will, among them the St. Peter’s Orphan Asylum, a body corporate, which is alleged to be the residuary legatee. It is alleged in the bill of complaint that practically all of the legatees had demanded of the administrator that he institute this action to the end that they might have the amount of their legacies determined and paid to them, more than two years having elapsed since he had issued *559to him…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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