ELEDGE v. DIXON


249 S.W.2d 886 (1952)

ELEDGE et al. v. DIXON et al. HARRIS et al. v. ELEDGE et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duggan & Washington, Athens, Kramer, Dye, McNabb & Greenwood, Knoxville, and Charles C. Guinn, Etowah, for appellants.

Frank K. Boyd, Frank N. Bratton, Athens, for appellees.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

This cause, which originated in the Chancery Court of McMinn County, Tennessee, involves the validity of a charitable trust which was created by the will of one J. Astor Bloom, said will being probated in the County Court of McMinn County on August 1, 1944. On the day the will was admitted to probate W.W. Eledge qualified as Executor of the will. On May 11, 1946, W.W. Eledge, Executor of the will, Blaine Lawson, Ed Morris, and W.W. Eledge, claiming...

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