Legal Opinion
In Re Crowell
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 3, 2004No. M2002-02285-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID R. FARMER, J.,
delivered the
opinion of the court,
in which W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.
This is a Will construction case. The decedent’s Will provided that her estate would be distributed to her husband. However, the husband predeceased the decedent leaving no issue. The only remaining provision in the Will provided that her estate would be distributed to certain orphan’s homes if she and her husband died at the same time. The trial court found it unreasonable to construe the Will to require simultaneous death and distributed the estate to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Union Carbide Corp. v. HuddlestonTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
- Cowden v. Sovran Bank/Central SouthTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- In Re Estate of VincentTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
- Nichols v. ToddCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1936
- Bagnall v. BagnallTexas Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by9 opinions
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