WARPOOL v. FLOYD


524 S.W.2d 247 (1975)

James Lee WARPOOL, Jr., Appellant, v. Ida Mae Warpool FLOYD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Branstetter, Moody & Kilgore, Carrol D. Kilgore, Nashville, for appellant.

G. Howard Doty, J.F. Doty, Nashville, for appellees.


OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This case presents for decision the issue of whether children of half-brothers and sisters of an intestate take equal shares of his personal property with children of brothers and sisters of the whole blood. The chancellor held that they are entitled to equal shares, and the administrator has appealed here, seeking appropriate instructions as to the distribution of intestate personal property.

The decedent had one full...

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