Harper v. Watkins

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting the significance of four disinterested persons’ testimonies that Decedent had testamentary capacity at the execution of the will
• no suspicious circumstances since will was not prepared by a lawyer who was also the beneficiaries’ attorney
• “the relationship of a parent and child standing alone does not create a confidential relationship, the first requisite toward the presumption of undue influence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re C.W.W.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-23· cited 365×
• Mitchell v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1989-08-16· cited 120×
• Dickey v. McCord
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-04-04· cited 95×
• Willie Lee Tinsley v. General Motors Corporation Metropolitan Life, Beulah Calloway, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 2000-09-26· cited 69×
• Kelley v. Johns
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-07-12· cited 65×
• Keasler v. Estate of Keasler
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-11-18· cited 39×
• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-10-30· cited 19×
• In Re the Estate of Koch
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1993-04-02· cited 15×
• Parish v. Kemp
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-03-02· cited 14×
• In Re Estate of Mayes
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1992-03-30· cited 11×
• In Re Estate of Leath
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-03-03· cited 10×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1988-02-05· cited 7×
• Alley v. McLain's Inc. Lumber & Construction
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-06-10· cited 3×
• In Re CWW
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-23· cited 1×
• James L. Massingille v. G. Wayne Vandagriff
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-09-24
• Jeffrey L. Dillon v. NICA, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-12-14
• Boyd L. Hughes v. Curtis E. Hughes, Of The Estate Of Lucille C. Luttrell
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-09-08
• Unnamed case
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-03-14
• City of Brentwood v. George M. Cawthon
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-05-13
• Bethany A. Adkins v. Robin Swensen
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2009-09-22

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Frank v. Wright
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1917-12-15· cited 90×
• Kelly v. Allen
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-12-05· cited 80×
• Turner v. Leathers
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1950-07-15· cited 78×
• Richmond v. Christian
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-08-22· cited 74×
• Iacometti v. Frassinelli
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1973-01-08· cited 66×
• Truan v. Smith
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1979-02-12· cited 63×
• Parham v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-01-12· cited 49×
• Lewis v. Casenburg
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1928-07-02· cited 41×
• Shockley v. Morristown Produce & Ice Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1928-12-08· cited 40×
• Peoples Bank v. Baxter
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1956-08-23· cited 38×
• Robinson v. Robinson
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1974-05-22· cited 38×
• Halle v. Summerfield
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1956-02-03· cited 37×
• Hammond v. Union Planters Nat. Bank
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1949-07-09· cited 34×
• Taliaferro v. Green
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-08-10· cited 33×
• Fitch v. American Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1926-05-21· cited 31×
• In Re Estate of Rhodes
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1968-05-06· cited 22×
• Lyman v. American National Bank & Trust Company
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1960-05-05· cited 18×
• Thomas v. Hamlin
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1964-04-27· cited 18×
• Brown v. Hows
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1931-07-18· cited 17×
• Hollis v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1957-01-30· cited 15×