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IN RE ESTATE OF ELAM

738 S.W.2d 169 (1987)

In re ESTATE OF James B. ELAM. Vincent ELAM, Contestant/Appellee, v. Edwin A. OAKLEY, Evelyn Griffin and Claudia Griffin, Proponents/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

May 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark H. Tidwell, Taylor, Schlater, Lassiter, Tidwell & Trentham, Nashville, for proponents/appellants.

Sandra Jones, Vance Cramb, Jr., Nashville, for contestant/appellee.

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

We granted the rule 11 application in this case, a will contest, to address the adequacy of jury instructions as well as whether there was material evidence to support the jury verdict.

The testator, Mr. James Elam, executed three wills within the four months preceding his February 4, 1982, death at the age of seventy-nine. On October 27, 1981, he executed a will naming Mr. Milton Griffin, his foster son, as the primary...

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