Legal Opinion
Blair v. Badenhope
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 2002No. E1999-02748-SC-R11-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
77 S.W.3d 137 (2002)
Arthur BLAIR
v.
Marilyn BADENHOPE.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.
May 3, 2002.
Edward Kershaw, Greeneville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Arthur Blair.
John T. Milburn Rogers, Greeneville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Marilyn Badenhope.
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, J.
HOLDER, JJ., joined.
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