Legal Opinion

Schaffler v. Handwerker

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 6, 1925PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Green

Mrs. Annie Handwerker died testate in Shelby county September 6, 1925. She left a husband, John Y. Hand-werker, and several children. She had been twice married, and had children by both husbands. In her will she disposed of a considerable estate, real and personal, dividing it among all her children. She bequeathed to her husband the sum of $15. The complainant, Leopold Schaffler, a son by her first husband, was named as ex- ecntor by the will, and the will was duly probated, and Schaffler qualified as such executor.

Thereafter the husband, John Y. Handwerker, undertook to dissent from his…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Jones v. WestTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Smith v. HaireTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Gill v. McKinneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Travis v. SitzTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Tellico Bank & Trust Co. v. LoomisTennessee Supreme Court · 1922

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Alcorn v. AlcornSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1931
  2. Elliott v. MarklandCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1942
  3. Allen v. First American National BankCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963
  4. Lynch v. FarisTennessee Supreme Court · 1950

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