IN RE ESTATE OF VINCENT


98 S.W.3d 146 (2003)

In re ESTATE OF George C. VINCENT.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

February 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy L. Aaron and Kristi M. Davis, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, John Oliver.

Reid Troutman, LaFollette, Tennessee, as Personal Representative of the Estate of George C. Vincent.

Johnny V. Dunaway, LaFollette, Tennessee, for the appellee, William J. Vincent.


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

OPINION

In this will construction case, we address the question of whether or not the doctrine of exoneration applies to a mortgage on real property passing by right of survivorship where the decedent's will directed that his personal representative pay all his "just debts." We find that...

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