Brown v. Brown
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM MAURY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Maury County. W, S. ElemiNO, Ch. Petition for leave to answer and make defense after final decree, under the provisions of §§ 5122-5124 (M. & V.) Gode. The petitioners were defendants in the case of John P. Brown v. II.
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PROM MAURY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Maury County. W, S. ElemiNO, Ch. Petition for leave to answer and make defense after final decree, under the provisions of §§ 5122-5124 (M. & V.) Gode. The petitioners were defendants in the case of John P. Brown v. II. A. Brown and others, which was brought for the construction of John Brown’s will, and was determined in the Chancery Court of Maury County in favor of defendants, but was reversed on appeal, and decided by the Supreme Court in favor of the complainant. The petitioner, H. A. Brown, was served with process in that case, hut the other…
1Opinion of the Court
M. M. Reil,* Sp. J.
In June, 1858, John Brown died in Maury County, leaving a widow and two children, a son and daughter, surviving him. He was the owner of a very large estate. Tie left a will, which was duly probated in July, 1858. After providing for the payment of his debts, the comfort of his widow, and the maintenance of his children during the minority of his son, this will proceeds:
“ Item 4. Upon the coming of age of my son, and after the division and allotment to my wife, as aforesaid, shall have taken place, I will and direct that the residue of my real and personal estate be equally…
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