Legal Opinion

Brannon v. Mercer

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1917PublishedCited by 3 opinions

PROM HAMBLEN. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamhlen County. — H. Gr. Kyle, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

The hill of complaint was filed in support of a claim under the will of Mrs. Martha Sundferland, who was childless, to an interest iñ a farm, at this time of the approximate value of $18,000, and at the date of the death of the testatrix .of the value of about $8,000. Complainants are the legatees named in the third and last codicil to the will, Mary Louisa (Talbott) Brannon and others, who contend that a, default was made in the payment of their legacies, which payment was imposed upon Mrs. Blanche Raymond Robinson, as devisee, and that thereupon by the terms of the fourth clause said tract…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Finlay v. King's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  2. Henderson v. GrayNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Phy v. HatfieldTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Birmingham v. LesanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1885

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Griffis v. Davidson County Metropolitan GovernmentTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Tigrett v. TigrettCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1967
  3. Adams v. HenryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921

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