PATTERSON v. ALEXANDER


509 S.W.2d 834 (1974)

Zelma Mary PATTERSON et al. v. Joe Marshall ALEXANDER et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Ross, Jr., Savannah, for appellants.

W. Lee Lackey, Savannah, for appellees.


OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

This suit was brought in the Chancery Court of Hardin County to construe the will of Robert A. Alexander, Jr. The suit was brought by twenty-two living descendants of the testator against the unborn heirs of the testator and Joe Marshall Alexander, one of his grandchildren.

The will was duly probated in Hardin County. The testator left a life estate to his wife, with the remainder to his six children. The issue in this...

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