Mays v. Beech
Tennessee Supreme Court
FBOM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Williamson County. — John Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shields
This bill is brought for the purpose of having the estate of the complainant in a valuable tract of land in Williamson county ascertained and decreed.
The lands were formerly owned by John Beech, and the controversy is between complainant, Mays, the husband of Jeannette Beech Mays, the only child of John *546Beech, who survived him, but is now dead, and the heirs at law of Mrs. Mays.
John Beech died previous to March, 1860, having first made and published his last will and testament, devising and bequeathing his entire estate to his daughter, Jeannette Beech, for life, with remainder in fee to her…
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- Estate of LawrencePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Philadelphia County · 1890
- Johnson v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1893
- Williams v. WhitmoreTennessee Supreme Court · 1872
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