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CALHOUN v. CAMPBELL

763 S.W.2d 744 (1988)

Thomas Lloyd CALHOUN, Thomas Leon Calhoun, Jr., and Sherie Calhoun Lacy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Alfred Quincy CAMPBELL, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

December 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Shepherd Tate, Patrick B. Mason, Martin, Tate, Morrow and Marston, P.C., Memphis, for defendant-appellant.

Jere B. Fones, Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellees.

OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

This case involves the effect of a recent statute, 1983 Tenn. Public Acts, chapter 432,1 upon the interpretation and construction of a will which was written in 1935 and probated in 1939. The question presented is whether grandchildren by adoption constitute "lineal descendents" of an income beneficiary under a trust created by her great-uncle. The trial court held that the adoptive grandchildren...

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