Estate of Cleveland v. Gorden

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves a niece’s efforts to obtain reimbursement from her deceased aunt’s estate for expenditures made during her aunt’s lifetime for medical and other expenses. The Davidson County Probate Court denied the niece’s claim because the aunt had never specifically agreed to reimburse her niece for these expenditures. The niece has appealed. We have determined that the niece should be reimbursed for the expenditures made on her aunt’s behalf and, therefore, reverse the probate court.

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Frances Cleveland was originally from Wartrace. She later moved to Nashville where…