HARPER v. WATKINS


670 S.W.2d 611 (1983)

James W. HARPER, Executor of the Will of Eligie C. Watkins, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James WATKINS, Eligie Carriel Watkins, Jr., and Ferris Watkins, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied March 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.R. Woolard, Woolard & Bishop, Lebanon, for plaintiff-appellant.

Anthony E. Hagan, Lebanon, for defendants-appellees.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 19, 1984.

OPINION

CONNER, Judge.

This is a will contest involving the five children of the decedent.

The will of Eligie C. Watkins, Sr. (Mr. Watkins, Sr.) was executed on February 12, 1979. It made his two daughters, Dovie Lee Watkins Harper and Bertha Watkins Belcher, the sole beneficiaries of his estate. Mr. Watkins, Sr., died on April 1, 1981. After the will was offered for probate by...

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