BELL v. HACKLER


365 S.W.2d 900 (1963)

Dolly Carter BELL v. Mattie Louise HACKLER et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockell, Rutherford & Crockett, Nashville, for appellant.

Hooker, Keeble, Dodson & Harris, Nashville, for appellees.


PREWITT, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Dolly Carter Bell, is the widow of Andrew Bell, deceased. The appellees are his children by two previous wives, both of whom are deceased, and none of appellees are children of appellant.

The question is did Andrew Bell, at the time of his death, have an interested in the land out of which homestead and dower could be assigned?

The appellees insist and the ruling of the lower court was that the deceased, Andrew...

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