Estate of Effie S. Hooker, Deceased and Harold E. Matheny, Administrator, C.T.A. of the Estate of Effie S. Hooker, Deceased, v. Suntrust Bank of Nashville, Bank of Nashville, N.A. et al.

This case concerns a claim filed by SunTrust Bank, Nashville, N.A.(hereinafter SunTrust) against the estate of Effie S. Hooker, the second wife of famed Middle Tennessee lawyer John J. Hooker, Sr. Mr. Hooker died on Christmas Eve of 1970, leaving the majority of his estate to his widow. According to the prevailing probate practice of the day, a portion of Mr. Hooker’s estate was placed
in a trust for the benefit of Mrs. Hooker during her life, the remainder to the children of Mr. Hooker’s first marriage.