Kirkpatrick v. Jenkins
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM 'DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Davidson County. J. W. BoNNEr, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
The record in this case presents a contest over a paper writing, alleged to be the last will and testament of Samuel Jenkins, who died in 1888, leaving six children — three sons and three daughters. The alleged will gives all of the alleged testator’s large estate to his three sons and their children, without so much as mentioning the names *87or the existence of his 'daughters, or any of them. One of those daughters, Mattie B., and her husband, W. H. Kirkpatrick, deny the validity of that paper, and say that it is the result of undue influence, and that Samuel Jenkins did not have sufficient…
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