Legal Opinion
Redman v. Evans
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 1947PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice; Chambliss
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Construction is called for of the will of Mrs. Mary Evans Jackson, who herself dictated this will on January 14th, 1946, to a stenographer employed in the hotel in which she was living and where she later died on the 1st day of April, 1946.
The will is brief and, in order that it may be viewed as a whole, is copied in full: ' •
“This, my last will and testament, and being of sound mind and fully capable, I Bequeath to my cousin, Mrs. Mary Raines Davis, $5,000.00; and to each of my servants, should they be living with me at the time of my…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Magevney v. KarschTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
- Meacham v. GrahamTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- Bradley v. CarnesTennessee Supreme Court · 1894
- Young v. HillierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1907
- Eaton v. Nashville Trust Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1921
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Fell v. RamboCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
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- State v. ReinhartNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Caruthers Ewing, of the Estate of Bessie W. Ewing, Deceased v. J. M. Rountree, District Director of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Black v. PettigrewCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1953
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