STOOKSBURY v. PRATT ET AL.


234 S.W.2d 845 (1950)

STOOKSBURY v. PRATT et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.P. O'Neil, of Knoxville, T. R. Chadwick, Clinton, for complainant.

Walter E. Fischer, Clinton, for defendants.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

James Stooksbury died in February of 1949 leaving a will which provided this:

"Second, I nominate as my Executor, Ehjah Melton, and appoint him to act as the executor of my estate without bond. I direct my executor to sell all of my real and personal property, at public or private sale as he may think best, and after paying all of my just debts, I direct that he pay the balance in my estate to my children, share and share alike."

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