PATEY v. PATEY


265 S.W.2d 551 (1954)

PATEY et al. v. PATEY et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Weems, William C. Cook and F. S. Hall, Dickson, for plaintiffs in error.

Ray Stuart, Dickson, W. M. Leech, Charlotte, for defendants in error.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

According to the record, the will of Nannie Patey was probated in common form in February of 1949. By a petition filed in February of 1951 some of her alleged heirs at law seek a contest devisavit vel non as to this will, and to probate an alleged subsequent will. The defendants, except one, to the petition, alleged heirs at law, filed a plea in abatement averring that the estate had been settled under the previous will now sought to be set aside...

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