Fisher v. Klippstatter

NEARN, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

This is an appeal from a judgment ordering appellant-beneficiaries under a will to reimburse other beneficiaries for the appellants’ pro rata share of estate tax and to pay 10% per annum prejudgment interest on the judgment pursuant to T.C.A. § 47-14-123 on the theory of unjust enrichment. Appellants do not appeal the amount of the judgment pertaining to their share of the estate tax, but raise as error the award of pre-judgment interest.

The facts, briefly, ?4re as follows. In 1979, Susie Porter Cooper died leaving certain realty and personalty to the…