STATE EX REL. SMITH v. MEMPHIS LIGHT, ETC.


602 S.W.2d 249 (1980)

STATE of Tennessee, ex rel., Sallie Mae Sanders SMITH and Bertha Horton et al., Appellees, v. MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS AND WATER DIVISION, C.R. Henze, Elliot Whittington, Carry Ward, Charles Woelm and William T. Mullin, Appellants. and Lana Marie BUCHANAN, a minor, by Rosie Poindexter, her Guardian, Appellees, v. MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS AND WATER DIVISION et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied July 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, for appellants.

Larry D. Austin, Memphis, for appellees Smith and Horton.

Mack H. Cherry, Nashville, for appellees Buchanan and Poindexter.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court July 28, 1980.

NEARN, Judge.

We find the sole issue on appeal to be whether the minor plaintiffs are all "natural" children within the meaning of the pension plan afforded its employees and certain beneficiaries by the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division (MLG&W).

Fred Smith, a now deceased employee of MLG&W, retired in 1969. He had extramarital relations with two women during his...

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