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HARRIS v. BITTIKOFER

541 S.W.2d 372 (1976)

Nellie Gupton HARRIS, Appellant, v. Jawana Gupton BITTIKOFER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Clark, Jr., Nashville, for appellant.

Charles Watson Cross, Nashville, for appellee.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

The question in this suit for the construction of a will is the nature or quantum of the estate acquired by Nellie Gupton Harris in certain property devised by her mother. The Chancellor, relying upon Whitfield v. Butler, 30 Tenn. App. 221, 204 S.W.2d 537 (1947), held that the will vested in the plaintiff "a life estate with remainder to the defendant ... or her heirs".

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