Roberts v. Stewart
Tennessee Supreme Court
This was a bill filed, upon the facts and for the purpose stated in the opinion, in the chancery court at Gaines-boro’. At the July Term, 1850, Chancellor Redlev presiding, the bill was dismissed, and the complainant appealed. cited acts of 1J89, ch. 23 § 1; 1835, ch. 5, § 9; 8 Yerg. 186-9; 6 Humph. 481; J Ibid., 394.
1Opinion of the CourtTotten, J.
The plaintiff brings this bill to recover a distributive portion of the estate of his father, James Roberts, deceased. He alleges that his father died intestate; but that the defendents, pretending that he had left a will, have proceeded to administer and distribute the estate, consisting of land, slaves, and personal assets, in conformity to the provisions of the supposed will; that *163is, amongst themselves, to the total exclusion of the plaintiff’s rights. The answer of the executors and children of said James Eoberts, set up a will, in relation to which the following facts appear: The script…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- In re Estate of PowersCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988