Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Henley

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 27, 1937PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McKinney

Alexander S. Henley died at his home in Anderson County, on October 25, 1935, survived by his wife, Naomi Frances Henley, and two grandchildren, Sarah Frances Hudson and Millard Hudson, minor children of a deceased daughter by a former marriage. Deceased and his surviving wife had no children. The contest is between said two minor children and the wife, Naomi Frances Henley, as to whether a certain instrument written by deceased with a lead pencil, and found after his death in his trunk where he kept his valuable papers, is a completed holographic will, entitled to probate as such. The jury…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Howell v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1930
  2. Hobson v. MoormanTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Orgain v. IrvineTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Dietz v. GallaherTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Ricketts v. RickettsTennessee Supreme Court · 1924

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of MilamCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005
  2. Carver v. AnthonyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1951
  3. Ball v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
  4. Pulley v. CartwrightCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1939
  5. Blackburn v. BlackburnCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2007

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