Legal Opinion
Chrisman v. Chrisman
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1918PublishedCited by 19 opinions
FROM SUMNER. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sumner County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— HoN. J. W. Stout, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Mu. Justice BachmaN
delivered the opinion of the Court.
E. E. Chrisman died in Sumner county, Tenn., March 9, 1907, leaving as his survivors Mrs. Annie P. Chris-man, his -widow, the defendant herein, and one' child, William B. Chrisman, a son by a former marriage, who instituted this suit in the chancery court of Sumner county on July 17, 1910.
The will of Mr. Chrisman is as follows:
“Gallatin, Tennessee, May 4, 1903.
“I, Ernest E. Chrisman, hereby make and publish my last will and testament, revoking and annulling any and all others heretofore made by me.
“To my wife, Annie Chrisman, I give and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rose v. WorthamTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
- Glass v. BennettTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Harvey v. HarrisonTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Nashville Trust Co. v. First National BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1910
- Cooper v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Davidson Realty Co. v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927
- American Trust & Banking Co. v. TwinamTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
- Frazier v. FrazierTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- Sparkman-Thompson, Inc. v. ChandlerTennessee Supreme Court · 1931
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