MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY v. AGEE


566 S.W.2d 283 (1977)

MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Appellee, v. Grady AGEE, Executor of the Estate of Redford A. Tilson, William G. Tilson, Carol Ann Tilson Schultz, Sally Tilson, Robert Tilson, and Christopher Tilson, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Certiorari Denied May 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest G. Kelly, Jr., Memphis, for appellants.

Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Donald L. Corlew, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court May 1, 1978.

NEARN, Judge.

This suit is for declaratory judgment.

The question is: Whether, under the circumstances of this case, a devise of personal property located in Tennessee by the decedent, a Mississippi domiciliary at the time of his death, is governed by Tennessee law; and if so, can the Mississippi mortmain statute be interposed to defeat the intent of the testator?

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