Murrell v. Rich
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by Certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court.— -, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Mu, Justice Buchanan
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The magnitude of the estate involved in this cause, and the importance of the questions made, demand some elaboration in a statement of its facts.
*383This suit originated by the filing of a petition in the probate court of Shelby county, on October 31, 1912, by Mrs. H. Rich and others. Petitioners averred the execution by Mrs. Caroline Cloth of an holographic last will and testament on the 1st day of August, 1900, witnessed by three competent subscribing witnesses, viz., J. H. Lenow, H. A. Hunter, and John Bright, and the devise to…
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