Legal Opinion

In re Turner

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 4, 1899PublishedCited by 4 opinions

EROM CHEATHAM. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Cheatham County. W. L. Grigsby, J.

1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.

Abner Edwards died testate at his residence in Cheatham County, Tennessee. By the *702fifth clause of his will, he set apart about $10,900 in money as a trust fund, and directed his trustee to deposit it in some safe and reliable bank for the benefit of his two daughters, Mary J. Stewart and Nancy A. T. Smith, their children, and his widow, to be enjoyed by them in a prescribed manner, and not otherwise. The direction to the trustee was, in effect, that he should pay from the trust fund to the testator’s widow and two daughters each $100 annually, so long as they should live, and that, when they…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pritchitt v. Nashville Trust Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. McFadden v. BlairCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1956
  2. Godsey v. LendersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1929
  3. Nashville Trust Co. v. TyneTennessee Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Beech v. HibbettCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000

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