Lewis v. Darnell

EWELL, Judge.

This case is before the Court on an appeal from the Chancery Court of Wilson County, Tennessee, by Mary Ann Lester Lewis and others from a decree construing the will of Minnie L. Reeves, deceased.

Mrs. Reeves died testate, a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee, on April 30, 1975. Her husband, S.M. Reeves, died in 1962, and both Mr. and Mrs. Reeves died without issue. She left a brother, Charlie Reason Lester, one of the defendants, and nine nieces and nephews, children of her deceased brothers. Eight of the nieces and nephews are the plaintiffs in the case and one nephew, Cleo…