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CLARK v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC.

596 S.W.2d 804 (1980)

Lytton CLARK, Executor of the Estate of Edwin D. Chappell and Thomas H. Chappell, Jr. v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the TENNESSEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF the METHODIST CHURCH and Elizabeth Amanda Chappell, A Minor.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Clay Bailey, Jr., Nashville, for appellants.

William T. Bozeman, Nashville, Guardian ad litem for Elizabeth Amanda Chappell.

J.C. Dale, Jr., Nashville, for Board of Trustees of the Tenn. Annual Conference of the Methodist Church.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

The application for permission to appeal was granted to determine the effect of the dissent by Margaret H. Chappell from the will of her husband, wherein she had been bequeathed a life interest in a testamentary trust.

The bequest that is the subject of the controversy is as follows:

ITEM EIGHT: I give, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my property of whatever kind and wheresoever situated to the Commerce...

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