WRIGHT v. HUSKEY


592 S.W.2d 899 (1979)

Sallie E. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharon Turnbow HUSKEY and Elva McNutt, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied January 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Huskey, Manchester, for defendants-appellants.

Keaton, Turner & Peluso, Hohenwald, for plaintiff-appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 21, 1980.

MATHERNE, Presiding Judge.

The basic issue before the Court is whether an instrument, couched in terms normally associated with deeds, which purports to convey realty to named grantees but reserves in the grantor a life estate and the unlimited power to sell is testamentary in character.

The chancellor held that the instrument was a deed which...

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