Legal Opinion
Pierce v. Tharp
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1970PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*332Me. Special Justice W. J. Smith
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The one and only question to be determined in this case is whether the Solicitors for-Tálmage E. Mugrage and Mrs. Frankie Tharp McKown are entitled to their reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses in representing their respective clients in the litigation involving the construction of the last will and testament of James H. Tharp, deceased, in the Chancery Court at Memphis and in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court upon petition for certiorari from the Court of Appeals, to be charged against the corpus of the estate.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Davis v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
- Moore v. NeelyTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- Tramell v. TramellTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Henshaw v. FlennikenTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Vanderbilt University v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Watson v. Cleveland Chair Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1989
- In Re Estate of GreenamyreCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005
- Nickas v. CapadalisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
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