DECKER v. MERIWETHER


708 S.W.2d 390 (1985)

Billie Jean Meriwether DECKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hewitt P. MERIWETHER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

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

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied January 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughie Ragan, Jackson, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert Conley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiffs-appellees; W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

William C. Bell, Jr., H. Jack Holmes, Roy B. Morgan, Jr., John Van Den Bosch, Jr., Jackson, J. Thomas Caldwell, Ripley, William Hubbard, Jenifer H. Small, Nashville, for defendants-appellees.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 21, 1986.

CRAWFORD, Judge.

These cases involve questions of legitimacy and inheritance. Plaintiff, Billie Jean Meriwether Decker, appeals from the final judgment of the chancery court denying recovery and dismissing her complaints.

Plaintiff, the daughter of William P. Meriwether, deceased, filed two lawsuits involving numerous defendants, many of whom are the same in both actions...

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