Legal Opinion
Fitzsimmons v. Johnson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 9, 1891PublishedCited by 26 opinions
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Shelby County. B. M. Estes, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
John W. Todd died, testate, at his residence in Clermont County, Ohio, in the early part of the year 1864. He nominated his friends, John Johnson and C. W. Goyer, of Memphis, Tennessee, as executors of his will. They accepted the trust, went to Ohio, and, on April 27, 1864, were duly qualified by the Probate Court of Clermont County as executors of the will.
On November 6, 1865, the executors made what purported to be a final settlement of the estate of their testator, showing that they had received assets to the amount of $63,495.25, and that, of this, they had paid to the widow of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Henderson v. TiptonTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
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