In Re Estate of Thomas Grady Chastain

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE December 7, 2011 Session IN RE ESTATE OF THOMAS GRADY CHASTAIN Appeal by Permission from the Chancery Court for Polk County No. P-933 Jerri S. Bryant, Chancellor No. E2011-01442-COA-R9-CV-FILED-DECEMBER 28, 2011 We granted the application of June Chastain Patterson (“the Proponent”), which sought permission to appeal an order of the trial court holding, as a matter of law, that the “will” of Thomas Grady Chastain (“the Deceased”) was not executed in compliance with

Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-1-104

(2007). The Deceased signed the affidavit of attesting…