Legal Opinion
In Re ESTATE OF Thomas Grady CHASTAIN
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 16, 2012No. E2011-01442-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ, joined.
The issue in this appeal is whether the statutory requirements for execution of an attested will prescribed by Tennessee Code Annotated section 32-1-104(1) (2007) were satisfied when the decedent failed to sign the two-page will but signed a one-page affidavit of attesting witnesses. We conclude that the decedent’s signature on the separate affidavit of attesting witnesses does not satisfy the statute requiring the testator’s signature on the will. Accordingly, the judgment of the…
3Cases cited14 opinions
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- Simmons v. LeonardTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
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