Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Hailey
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 1, 1959PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tomlinson
When Dr. C. R. Morrison, a physician of Obion County, died on August 15, 1957, his son, W. M. Morrison, a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, appears to have been somewhere in Michigan. This son was the only child and heir at law of decedent. A brother of deceased, the Rev. S. B. Morrison" of Newbern, Tennessee, contacted the undertaker, Eddie Johnson, and made the funeral arrangements, including selection of casket, time and place of services. The entire funeral bill was $872.99, including *666a vault for $200. The estate of Dr. Morrison amounted to about $3,500.
The Rev. Morrison sent the son of…
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- Golsen v. GolsenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
- Andrade v. AzevedoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
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