Taliaferro v. Green
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a will contest involving two wills.
The pertinent facts are as follows: The testator Marvin Bellenfant was of infirm health, having suffered multiple strokes, and had been in and out of nursing homes and hospitals for several years before his death on July 29,1977, at the age of sixty-nine. At various times he executed four wills. The first, executed in August, 1972, chiefly benefited his niece, Janice Green who, with her husband Ben Green, is defendant-appellant, hereafter referred to as appellants or Greens. The second will,…
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