In Re: Estate of Raymond L. Smallman, Mark Smallman v. Linda Caraway

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE August 15, 2011 Session IN RE: ESTATE OF RAYMOND L. SMALLMAN, DECEASED, MARK SMALLMAN, ET AL., V. LINDA CARAWAY, ET AL. Appeal from the Chancery Court for Hamblen County Nos. 2009P120 & 2009-440 Hon. Thomas R. Frierson, II., Chancellor No. E2010-02344-COA-R3-CV-FILED-DECEMBER 12, 2011 The two sons of decedent asked the Court to declare that their father died intestate and that his marriage to appellant a few days before he died was void because he was neither competent to make a will or enter into a marriage contract. Upon trial, the jury…