Legal Opinion
Downing v. Johnson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1867PublishedCited by 4 opinions
ER0M HICKMAN, At the September Term, 1867, there was a decree in favor of the complainant, and an appeal to this Court, by Mrs. Sallie Johnson. Chancellor Robekt H. Rose, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtHawkins, J.
Isham Johnson died about 1862, after having made and published his last Will and Testament, by which he appointed complainant and one Easley, his executors.
The Will was duly probated, and complainant alone, qualified. The second clause in the Will, is as follows:
“I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, Sallie *230Johnson, the whole of my estate, both real and personal, choses in action, etc., for and during her natural life, to be by her freely possessed and enjoyed.”
The fourth clause is as follows:
“The balance of my property, money or other effects that may be on hand, at the death of my wife, I…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Emert v. BlairTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- Ewing v. RountreeDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1964
- Holley v. MarksTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
- Priest v. PriestCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981