FOGO v. GRIFFIN


551 S.W.2d 677 (1977)

Irene Cobb FOGO, Executrix, Petitioner, v. Peggy June GRIFFIN, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene N. Collins, Chattanooga, for petitioner.

Robert D. Lawson, Chattanooga, for respondents.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case in order to resolve an issue of first impression in this jurisdiction: whether a widow, who abandoned her husband, is entitled to dissent from his will and receive a distributive share of his estate.1

We affirm the action taken by the Court of Appeals; however, we limit our affirmation to a concurrence in the results only. We do this, first, because that court...

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