Legal Opinion

Wiles Bros. v. Wynne

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1917PublishedCited by 2 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County. — Jno. Allisor, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fentbess

Complainants are undertakers, and seek, by their bill, to recover from Thomas F. Wynne, personally, and the Nashville Trust Company and Thomas F. Wynne as joint administrators of the estate of John Wynne, $1,332 for funeral expenses incurred in the burial of the deceased.

The defendant Wynne denies that he contracted to personally pay the complainants, and the administrators contest the claim upon the ground that it is exorbitant.

The chancellor rendered a decree for $700 against the estate of the deceased and dismissed the bill as to Thomas F. Wynne, and the complainants have appealed to this…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gooch v. BeasleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Estate of MalgorCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
  2. Estate of Nan Francis v. Karl FrancisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001

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