WILLIS v. SMITH


683 S.W.2d 682 (1984)

A.W. WILLIS, Jr., Successor Executor of the Estate of Chew Cornelius Sawyer, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mary SMITH, Defendant-Appellant, and Universal Life Insurance Company, Successor in Interest to Union Protective Life Insurance Company, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied January 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prince C. Chambliss, Jr. and Teresa J. Sigmon of Armstrong, Allen, Braden, Goodman, McBride & Prewitt, Memphis, for defendant-appellant.

Ray A. Bratcher of Pierce, Rice, Bratcher, Nichols & Stone, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter L. Evans and Rita L. Stotts, Memphis, for Universal Life.

Herman Morris, Jr., Memphis, for Tri-State Bank.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 22, 1985.

TOMLIN, Judge.

A.W. Willis, Jr., as executor of the estate of C.C. Sawyer, deceased, filed this action against Universal Life Insurance Company, Tri-State Bank, and Mary Smith, the mother of C.C. Sawyer's widow, to recover the value of certain corporate stock and dividends that had been wrongfully converted to the detriment of the estate he was administering.1...

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