ESLICK v. FRIEDMAN


235 S.W.2d 808 (1951)

ESLICK v. FRIEDMAN et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Day Sugg, Fayetteville, Bennett Eslick and David Rhea, both of Pulaski, for appellant.

Lamb & McCown, Fayetteville, for appellees.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

Dave Hipsh, who was born of Jewish parents in Austria, emigrated to the United States in his early youth. He resided in Fayetteville, Tennessee, for more than forty years, during which time he and Morgan Eslick became intimate friends. Mr. Hipsh never married. He died in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, on March 18, 1947, leaving a paper writing which purported to be his last will and testament, as follows:

"Fayetteville, Tennessee

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