Legal Opinion

Hogan v. Cooper

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 3, 1981PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

In this suit to set aside a transfer of assets, we granted a T.R.A.P. 11 appeal to examine the question of whether the Court of Appeals was correct in finding that the presumption of invalidity arising out of a *517confidential or fiduciary relationship between assignor, decedent’s widow, and as-signee, decedent’s executor, was not rebutted by clear and convincing evidence of fairness surrounding the transfer of assets. The assets in question, consisting of bonds, savings accounts and certificates of deposit, passed to decedent’s widow, as surviving tenant by the entireties,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Turner v. LeathersTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Richmond v. ChristianTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Roberts v. ChaseCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1942
  4. Peoples Bank v. BaxterCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1956
  5. Graves v. WhiteTennessee Supreme Court · 1874

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Matlock v. SimpsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Childress v. CurrieTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Ralston v. HobbsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2009
  4. Killian v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  5. Beverly Waller v. Brenda EvansCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2009

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