Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Lewis

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided December 31, 1958PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBejach, J.

This canse involves a claim made by R. C. Fuller, who was nominated as executor in the will of Andrew Jackson Lewis, for reimbursement of attorney’s fees and other expenses incurred by him, totalling the sum of $1,314.14. This claim was excepted to by Herbert Charles Lewis, the adopted son and only heir and dis-tributee of the decedent, Andrew Jackson Lewis, and by Grace Respass and Shirley Roaldson, legatees under the will of Andrew Jackson Lewis, which was admitted to probate by order of the Probate Court entered July 24, 1957. The Probate Court of Shelby County sustained these exceptions…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Harris v. Nashville Trust Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Lassiter v. TravisTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  3. McClure v. WadeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
  4. Eslick v. FriedmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Duboise v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. Love v. CaveCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  3. Taylor v. SelfCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963
  4. Frazier v. FrazierCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  5. Bridgeford v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1967

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