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PETTY v. CALL

599 S.W.2d 791 (1980)

Everett PETTY, Ethel Petty Nelson, Fairor Petty Lee, Jill Petty Smith, Jo Ann Petty Hassig, Bettie Petty Brown, Jerry J. Petty Bargy, Walter Dean Petty and Jack Petty, Appellants, v. Anna CALL, Clint Gunter, Lola Call, Georgia Cunningham, Mable Rodgers, Wyla Jo Rodgers Page, Jerry Mac Rodgers, Walter Y. Sellers, Leta P. Sellers, Paul F. Bachman, Trustee, and The Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere C. Gordon, Kenton, for appellants.

Bruce Conley, C.W. Miles, III, Miles & Miles, William B. Acree, Jr., Elam, Glasgow, Tanner & Acree, Union City, Harry Max Speight, Dresden, Earl P. Davis, Davis & Davis, Memphis, for appellees.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Plaintiffs are heirs of Cora Crabtree who contend they would collectively take one-fourth of her estate if her will leaving her entire estate to Billie Rodgers, a non-relative, had been declared invalid. The contest to declare it invalid was instituted by defendants, Anna Call, Clint Gunter, Lola Call, and Georgia Cunningham, hereinafter called contestants, who are all but one of the other heirs of Cora Crabtree. Prior to trial, contestants...

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