ESTATE OF SINCLAIR v. KEITH SINCLAIR CO.


894 S.W.2d 747 (1994)

The ESTATE OF Bruce D. SINCLAIR, Susan Sinclair, Executrix, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. KEITH-SINCLAIR COMPANY, INC., and Jere C. Sinclair, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied February 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred H. Knight and Alan D. Johnson, Willis & Knight, Nashville, for plaintiff/appellant.

John S. Hicks and Darwin A. Hindman, III, Heiskell, Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Caldwell, Nashville, for defendants/appellees.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court February 21, 1995.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The primary question in this appeal is whether a contract between a corporation's sole shareholders requiring the shares of the first to die to be put in a voting trust is a testamentary disposition requiring compliance with the Wills Act. Alternatively, the executrix argues that enforcing the trust violates the Tennessee Voting Trust Statute. The Chancery...

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