Lorenzo C. White v. Carolyn Fields Hayes

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON January 18, 2005 Session LORENZO C. WHITE, ET AL. v. CAROLYN FIELDS HAYES, ET AL. An Appeal from the Chancery Court for Tipton County No. 16,650 Martha B. Brasfield, Chancellor No. W2004-01281-COA-R3-CV - Filed June 1, 2005 This is a will construction case. The testator died in 1912, leaving a holographic will. In the will, the testator left his real estate to his children for life, then to his grandchildren for life, then to his great-grandchildren until they became of age, then to be divided “as law directs.” In 1992, after the last grandchild…