McBRIDE v. SUMROW


181 S.W.3d 666 (2005)

Vernon McBRIDE, Jr., Individually and as Co-Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Vernon McBride, Sr. and as Attorney in Fact for Beulah Kate McBride, and Vernon McBride, III, Co-Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Vernon McBride, Sr. v. Barbara Kate SUMROW.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

June 15, 2005.

Permission to Appeal Denied October 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas Caldwell, Ripley, Tennessee, for plaintiffs/appellants Vernon McBride, Jr., and Vernon McBride, III.

Douglas W. Wilkerson and W. Lewis Jenkins, Jr., Dyersburg, Tennessee, for defendant/appellee Kate Sumrow.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court October 17, 2005.

OPINION

HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.

This is a will construction case. The decedent died testate in May 2002. In his will, he left certain properties in trust for the benefit of his spouse during her lifetime. The will detailed how the properties were to be distributed in the event his...

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