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ETHRIDGE v. ESTATE OF ETHRIDGE

No. M2012-01449-COA-R3-CV.

427 S.W.3d 389 (2013)

Dorothy J. ETHRIDGE v. The ESTATE OF Bobby Ray ETHRIDGE, Deceased, Anthony Ray Ethridge, Executor.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 6, 2013.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 10, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Boston and Charles W. Holt, Jr. , Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, for the appellant, Dorothy J. Ethridge.

Jack L. Garton , Dickson, Tennessee, for the appellee, The Estate of Bobby Ray Ethridge.

OPINION

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

The trial court dismissed Claimant's claim against Decedent's estate as void notwithstanding the failure of the Estate to file a timely exception to the claim. We reverse.

This lawsuit concerns a claim against a decedent's estate, and the failure of the estate to file a timely exception to the claim. The facts relevant...

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