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FIRST AM. NAT. BANK v. CHARLTON

557 S.W.2d 500 (1977)

FIRST AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Estelle Virginia Strasser CHARLTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hofstetter & Hofstetter, Nashville, for petitioners.

Jay C. Evans, Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review an award of attorney's fees to counsel for an unsuccessful claimant in a suit brought to construe a will. The will in question is that of the late Will Andrew Strasser. The testator left his residuary estate "to [his] nieces and nephews, the children of [his] brothers and sisters, per stirpes." The respondent, Estelle Charlton, is the adopted daughter of Will Strasser's deceased...

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