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IN RE ESTATE OF TATE

543 S.W.2d 588 (1976)

In re ESTATE of Adele Shepherd TATE, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Shepherd Tate, W. Thomas Hutton, Martin, Tate, Morrow, & Marston, P.C., Memphis, for appellants-executors.

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the question of whether a testatrix may make a bequest to a minor in excess of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars and authorize the executor to deliver the money to the parents of the minor without guardians and without bond.

Adele Shepherd Tate died testate on October 3, 1974. The will admitted to probate contains several bequests of cash and stock to minor beneficiaries, the bequest to David Shepherd...

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