Kirkland v. Calhoun
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON,. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — Hon. A. G. Rutherford, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bachman
In February, 1918, Mrs. Mary Ella Calhoun Foote, for many years a resident of, and domiciled in, the city of New York, died, leaving a will by which, after providing for the support of a dependent foster child, the residue of her estate was given to Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, for the purpose of erecting a building in commemoration of, and to be named for, her father. At the time of her death Mrs. Foote owned both personal and real property in New York and certain valuable real property in Nashville. In June, 1918, in conformity with the statutes of the State of New York, the will…
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