SANDERSON v. MILLIGAN


585 S.W.2d 573 (1979)

Danny SANDERSON et al., Petitioners, v. James L. MILLIGAN, Jr., Trustee et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold J. Becker, U.T. Legal Clinic, Knoxville, for petitioners.

James L. Milligan, Jr., A.L. Witt, James M. Crain, Knoxville, for respondents.


OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This action was prosecuted by James L. Milligan, Jr., the substitute trustee under the will of Willie Mae Sanderson, to gain possession of property located at 2717 Sanderson Street in Knoxville. The chancellor found that legal title to the property was in the substitute trustee, but that petitioner, Ruth Sanderson, was entitled to possession of the premises for her lifetime under an oral trust. The Court of Appeals reversed the chancellor...

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