IN RE ESTATE OF ESPEY


729 S.W.2d 99 (1986)

In re the ESTATE OF Christine Day ESPEY. Elgie DAY, et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Linda Day SILLS, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

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

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied March 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warmath and Boyte, Humboldt, for petitioners-appellants.

James D. Senter, III, Humboldt, for respondents-appellees.


CRAWFORD, Judge.

This is a will contest case. The appellants are the sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews of the deceased, Christine Day Espey, and contest her 1983 will, which left the bulk of her estate to her niece, Linda Day Sills. Appellants contend that the 1983 will is invalid, because, among other things, it violates a 1970 contract between Christine Day Espey and her husband, Elton Espey, to make their mutual...

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