PIERCE v. WOODS


597 S.W.2d 295 (1980)

Carolyn J. PIERCE, Appellant, v. Jayne Ann WOODS, Commissioner of the Department of Revenue for the State of Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna F. Hinds, Stone & Hinds, P.C., Knoxville, for appellant.

Joe C. Peel, Asst. Atty. Gen., William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.


OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

James W. Pierce and Carolyn J. Pierce were husband and wife at the time of his death in 1976. They had been married eighteen years and were the parents of three children. She was gainfully employed during approximately twelve years of their marriage and he for virtually the entire time.

They comingled all funds, maintaining joint savings and checking accounts. She wrote all checks for the payment of bills and, in general...

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