Burton v. Burton

Mr. Burton has attacked a consent decree. The Chancellor sustained Mrs. Burton’s demurrer. The Special Chancellor has filed a full memorandum which has been of great assistance to the Court. The 8 assignments of error in behalf of the appellant Robert L. Burton, Sr., seek to raise several questions but there is one question which will be determinative, if answered in the affirmative.

That question is whether a consent decree entered Nov. 7, 1947, in a case styled Elizabeth Brandon Burton v. Nashville Trust Company, Trustee, et al., Rule Docket No. 63911, which was signed by Robert L. Burton,…