Day v. Burgess
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MADISON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison County. — J. W. Ross, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Mu. Justice "Williams
delivered the opinion of the Court.
J. H. Day filed the hill of complaint against the de-visees, executors, and trustees named in the will of his wife, asserting his right to an estate of a tenant by the curtesy in three parcels of real estate, including the Southern Hotel property, in the city of Jackson, of the aggregate value of above $250,000. The will was dated July 6, 1914, and Mrs. Day died July 12, 1914.
It is admitted that a child, the fruit of the marriage, was born in 1874 and died in early infancy. The real estate was acquired by Mrs. Day after 1880.
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