Puryear v. Edmondson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from a decree of tbe Chancery Court at Franklin, June Special Term, 1868, W. IT. S. ITtll, Chancellor. contended that the gift was of money, not property. That Dysart and Hunter’s purchase was not established.
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FROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from a decree of tbe Chancery Court at Franklin, June Special Term, 1868, W. IT. S. ITtll, Chancellor. contended that the gift was of money, not property. That Dysart and Hunter’s purchase was not established. That only such of John Winstead’s children as were living at his death, took under the will. cited 1 Jarman on Wills, 727; Ivey v. Satterfield, 11 Hum., 58; Beasley v. Jenkins, 2 Head, 191; Bridgewater v. Gordon, 2 Sneed, 5; Harris v. Alderson, 4 Sneed, 250; Alexander v. Waleh, 8 Head, 493, and commented on them as follows: “In the case of Bridgewater v. Gordon,…
1Opinion of the CourtSneed, J.
The complainant is the executor of the last will and testament of Samuel Winstead, deceased, and brings this bill of interpleader for instructions in the disposition of said estate. The will gives a life estate in four tracts of land and other property *47to the testator’s widow, and provides for tbe sale thereof after the death of the widow, and by the sixth item of the will, the proceeds of said sale are disposed of as follows:
“It is my will and desire that the money arising from the sale of my four tracts of land, and all my other property, be equally divided between my brother John…
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