Legal Opinion

Meek v. Trotter

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1915PublishedCited by 17 opinions

FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County.— R. H. Sansom, Special Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

Joseph Meek died in Knox county possessed of a personal estate of value about $25,000, and a • large amount of real estate, consisting of above thirty improved lots and parcels of realty in the city of Knoxville. He left two daughters, Florence, a single woman about thirty-five years of age; Dona, the wife of George M. Trotter and the mother of several minor children; and also a granddaughter, Agnes Henritze, the latter being the only child of a deceased daughter of the testator.

The deceased left a will, disposing of nearly all of his realty, the items of which involved in this litigation are…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Sumpter v. CarterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Meacham v. GrahamTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Estate of VanceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  4. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. TarwaterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
  5. Jones v. KnappenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1891

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Shannon v. EnoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
  2. Merchants & Planters Bank v. MyersCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
  3. Eckhardt v. PhillipsTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Vines v. VinesTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Albright v. AlbrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1951

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