Gibson v. Buis
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM CLAIBORNE. Appeal from Claiborne Chancery Court. — Hon. John Jennings, Jr., Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
E. J. Gibson died testate at his home in Claiborne county on February 11, 1917, leaving surviving him his widow, Mary C. Gibson, who died March 3, 1917, one son, the complainant, M. W. Gibson, whom he named executor of his will, and two daughters, Mrs. Ollie Parkey and the defendant Mrs. Minnie Buis.
The testator left an estate worth, according to the testimony, $70,000 or $75,000. He bequeathed $10,000 to each of his daughters, and, after giving certain of his other property to his wife for life, gave the re*135mainder interest therein, as well as the residue of the estate, to his son, the…
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