Mason v. Pearson

NEARN, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

Plaintiffs filed suit to set aside a settlement agreement. On summary judgment motions the Chancellor dismissed the complaint as to certain defendants, which dismissal was made final pursuant to Rule 54.02 T.R.Civ.P. The plaintiffs appeal.

Mary Maude Ashmore, a resident of Shelby County, Tennessee, died testate on September 5, 1979, and her last will and testament was probated in Shelby County. At the time of her death she owned interests in lands in the state of Arkansas. In her will she devised 200 acres of Arkansas land called the Burchfield Farm as…