Ensley v. Ensley
Tennessee Supreme Court
I-BOM SHELBY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Shelby County. John L. T. Sneed, Oh.
1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.
This is a bill to construe the holographic will of Enoch Ensley, deceased. It was made and published July 7, 1890, and the testator died November 18, 1891. The will was probated in Shelby County November 24, 1891. Mary L. B. Ensley, the widow of the testator, qualified as his executrix, and has been acting as such ever since the probate of the will, and the settlement of the estate is still pending. The testator left one son, Martin, and one daughter, Hattie, children of a former marriage, and one son, Enoch, born within eight months after the will was made and before the father died. The…
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