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JOHNSON v. HAILEY

325 S.W.2d 255 (1959)

Eddie JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. V. G. HAILEY, Administrator of the Estate of C. R. Morrison, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley & Ashley, Dyersburg, for petitioner.

Sam C. Nailling, Union City, Charles L. Neely, Memphis, William M. Morrison, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

TOMLINSON, Justice.

When Dr. C. R. Morrison, a physician of Obion County, died on August 15, 1957, his son, W. M. Morrison, a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, appears to have been somewhere in Michigan. This son was the only child and heir at law of decedent. A brother of deceased, the Rev. S. B. Morrison of Newbern, Tennessee, contacted the undertaker, Eddie Johnson, and made the funeral arrangements, including selection of casket, time and place of services. The entire...

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