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IN RE ESTATE OF BARNHILL

62 S.W.3d 139 (2001)

In re ESTATE OF Fannie Corrine BARNHILL.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

December 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee S. Saunders, Somerville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Beatrice Rice.

J. Houston Gordon, Covington, Tennessee, for the appellee, Helen Weston Armour Lawson, and William S. Rhea, Somerville, Tennessee, for the executrix of the estate of Fannie Corrine Barnhill, Annie Jane Bailey.

OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, CJ., delivered the opinion of the court, in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ, joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the Fayette County Chancery Court had jurisdiction to hear the issue of devisavit vel non1 in this case, and whether the law in Tennessee permits a voluntary dismissal without prejudice in a will contest. We conclude...

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