Allen v. Cunningham
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court.of Davidson County. —Hon. James B. Newman, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hall
This is a contest between the complainants and the defendant Joseph H. Cunningham as to who is entitled to the proceeds of a certain benefit certificate issued by the defendant United Order of the Golden Cross of the World (a mutual benefit society) on the life of Mrs. Sarah J: Allen for the sum of $4,000.
Mrs. Allen died a resident of the city of Nashville, Dla-vidson county, Tenn., leaving as her only surviving children and heirs at law the complainants, Ernest and Charles B. Allen. Soon after her death the complainant Ernest Allen qualified as the administrator of his mother’s estate, and…
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