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PIERCE v. THARP

455 S.W.2d 145 (1970)

Clifford D. PIERCE, Jr., Administrator Cum Testamento Annexo v. Ruth Liddell THARP et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Evans, Memphis, for Talmage E. Mugrage, C.M. Murphy, Memphis, for Mrs. Frankie Tharp McKown.

Ray A. Bratcher and Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., Memphis, for complainant below.

John M. Heiskell and James S. Gilliland, Memphis, for Ruth Liddell Tharp.

Phil M. Canale, Jr., District Attorney General, and Eugene C. Gaerig, Assistant District Attorney General, for State of Tennessee.

OPINION

W.J. SMITH, Special Justice.

The one and only question to be determined in this case is whether the Solicitors for Talmage E. Mugrage and Mrs. Frankie Tharp McKown are entitled to their reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in representing their respective clients in the litigation involving the construction of the last will and testament of James H. Tharp, deceased, in the Chancery Court at Memphis and in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court...

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