Legal Opinion

Garner v. Home Bank & Trust Co.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 1937PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Special Judge F. T. Fancher

delivered the opinion of the Court.

■The original hill in this cause was filed by the heirs of George W. Garner and also the heirs of Ellen Bearden Garner, his widow. The Garners had no children born to them, but they adopted a boy named Roy Wjatson who afterwards was called Boy Watson Garner. Mr. and Mrs. Garner both executed wills. The complainants in this bill are the natural heirs at law of Mr. and Mrs. Garner and will be referred to as the Garner heirs and the- Bearden heirs, Mrs. Garner being a Bearden before she was married.

George W. Garner executed a will…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Magevney v. KarschTennessee Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Jones v. HuntTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Dixon v. CooperTennessee Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In Re WalkerTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  2. In Re Estate of DaleyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1967
  3. Northern Trust Co. v. Winona Lake School of TheologyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  4. Pinkerton v. TurmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Missouri Wesleyan College v. ShulteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940

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