IN RE ESTATE OF MURDAUGH v. YOUNG

No. W2011-00041-COA-R3-CV.

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF FRANKLIN STEADMAN MURDAUGH, BARBARA MURDAUGH WARNER, v. RUDY W. YOUNG.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Filed December 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Colin Morris , Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellant, The Estate of Rudy W. Young.

Mark S. McDaniel , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Barbara Murdaugh Warner.

J. Steven Stafford, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Alan E. Highers, P.J., W.S., and Holly M. Kirby, J., joined.


OPINION

J. STEVEN STAFFORD, JUDGE.

This case arises from a will contest. Appellant, the executor and sole beneficiary of the contested will, appeals the trial court's finding that Appellant did not met his burden to rebut, by clear and convincing evidence, the presumption of undue influence based upon the existence of a confidential relationship between Appellant and Decedent. Finding no error, we affirm.

Franklin Steadman Murdaugh ("Decedent") died...

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