WPC7 pҋ0:Pu=fNΧG`)bt`p D S[ D{#_`pr)a ,; !vWX{*4$L.+qİ9 Dvd*Zf< ?]vquRQ!,˹C[]14KSrЌݍ&@!$CJ{.*by΄ 㞏 ؤXx(/)PJ/VhS|Vnj(!ic 7=brqZb#fX>5U%~cҢfE ?9UvL&rAuY!PEw$$R t*0 nylJG֪]o}* Qٻ-GҹJ0H̷߉χ'R3S+*=,;@V!TԎQ7/eTO[Ɨ+K-:f_## F UNQ % 0( 4   0l 0 Dd UH UH UP8 w@ UF e UFsUFUFUFz7UF=UF6|nUFCUF0UFv(zUF" B"UF#K#UF$98%UFq''UF)$)UF-8.UF:0e0UF1+2UF3 0D@44 D3s5U:555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 AO5/6/6 0D6 D/97 Bh7HP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nL(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($w#%3|x((3$ !      0  (#$  0  <09Z 0Courier (W1) Regular<09Z 0Courier (W1) Regular&@FZ 8CaslonOpnface BT Regular DUDVeӀ<(M 9Z .Courier New Regular [ $    7    XpXXXpXXXpSinceMr.Craycraftwasinvolved,inonewayoranother,inallofthe P  suspecttransactionsinvolvingMs.JohnsonandMs.Craycraft,itisimmaterialthatherestatewasnotsuedinthisproceeding.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular $    1    X̪XXX3? XX̪Ms.JohnsondiedonNovember29,1991,afterthisactionwasfiled.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular $    2    X̪XXX3? XX̪PaulineCraycraftdiedbeforethissuitwasfiled.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    3    X̪XXX3? XX̪Asouropinionstates,thefindingofaconfidentialrelationshipwas P  baseduponthefactthatMs.JohnsongaveseparateunrestrictedpowersofattorneytoeachoftheCraycraftsonFebruary23,1988. Johnson, 914S.W.2d  ` at510.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular - $    4    X̪XXX3? XX̪"Clearandconvincingevidenceisdefinedas thatmeasureordegree P  ofproofwhichwillproduceinthemindofthetrieroffactafirmbelieforconvictionastothetruthoftheallegationssoughttobeestablished. Wiltcherv.Bradley ,708S.W.2d407,411(Tenn.App.1985)(quotingfrom Turner `  v.Lutz ,685S.W.2d356(Tex.App.1985)).<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    6    XpXXXpXXXpMs.JohnsontransferredherlifeestatetotheCraycraftsonFebruary P  23,1988,thesamedaysheexecutedthepowersofattorney.ChancellorFriersonsjudgment,byholdingthatthepresumptionofundueinfluencewasnotproperlyrebutted,held,ineffect,thatMs.JohnsonmadethistransferbecauseoftheundueinfluenceoftheCraycrafts.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    1    XPXXX XXPRule10(b)oftheRulesoftheCourtofAppealsprovidesasfollows: P    8 ` #{ C# {TheCourt,withtheconcurrenceofalljudgesparticipating  ` inthecase,mayaffirm,reverseormodifytheactionsofthetrialcourtbymemorandumopinionwhenaformalopinionwouldhavenoprecedentialvalue.Whenacaseisdecidedbymemorandumopinionitshallbedesignated MEMORANDUMOPINION,shallnotbepublished,andshallnotbecitedorreliedonforanyreasoninasubsequentunrelatedcase. $    1     XpXXX pXXXpMs.JohnsondiedonNovember29,1991,afterthisactionwasfiled.<(M 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    6    XpXXXpXXXpMs.JohnsontransferredherlifeestatetotheCraycraftsonFebruary P  23,1988,thesamedaysheexecutedthepowersofattorney.ChancellorFriersonsjudgmentheld,ineffect,thatshemadethistransferbecauseoftheundueinfluenceoftheCraycrafts.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular $    2    %XpXXX%pXXXpPaulineCraycraftdiedbeforethissuitwasfiled.  $    5    #XpXXX#pXX#XpWhileChancellorInmanfoundnoevidenceofaconfidentialrelationship P  betweenMs.JohnsonandtheCraycrafts,hedidsowithoutthebenefitof Matlock ,whichwasdecidedafterhisjudgmentinthiscase.Hisfindingofno  ` confidentialrelationshippromptedhimtofindthattheCraycraftshadnotconvertedMs.Johnsonsproperty;however,hedidnotaddressprobablynotbeingaskedtodosothequestionofwhetherthecreationofthejointbank  | accountsandcertificateofdepositpriortoFebruary23,1988,constitutedgiftstoCraycraftorwhetherthelattersnamewasplacedonthoseaccountstofacilitatehisuseofthosefundsforMs.Johnsonsbenefit.Wefeltthatsuchadeterminationwasrequiredinordertodocompletejustice;henceourinstructionsontheremand.SeeRules13(b)and36(a),T.R.A.P.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular d<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    3    'XpXXX'pXXXpAsouropinionstates,thefindingofaconfidentialrelationshipwas P  baseduponthefactthatMs.JohnsongaveseparateunrestrictedpowersofattorneytoeachoftheCraycraftsonFebruary23,1988. Johnson, 914S.W.2d  ` at510.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular / $    4    )XpXXX)pXXXp"Clearandconvincingevidenceisdefinedas thatmeasureordegree P  ofproofwhichwillproduceinthemindofthetrieroffactafirmbelieforconvictionastothetruthoftheallegationssoughttobeestablished. Wiltcherv.Bradley ,708S.W.2d407,411(Tenn.App.1985)(quotingfrom Turner `  v.Lutz ,685S.W.2d356(Tex.App.1985)).<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    8    +XpXXX+pXX+XpTheappelleefiledamotionaskingustoconsiderpostjudgmentfacts P  pursuanttoRule14,T.R.A.P.WedeclinetodosobecausethefactsurgeduponuswereinexistencepriortoChancellorFriersonsjudgment.Hence,thefactsinquestionarenotpostjudgmentfacts,butratherprejudgmentfacts.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    5    -XpXXX-pXX#XpWhileChancellorInmanfoundnoevidenceofaconfidentialrelationship P  betweenMs.JohnsonandtheCraycrafts,hedidsowithoutthebenefitof Matlock ,whichwasdecidedafterhisjudgmentinthiscase.Hisfindingofno  ` confidentialrelationshippromptedhimtofindthattheCraycraftshadnotconvertedMs.Johnsonsproperty;however,hedidnotaddressprobablynotbeingaskedtodosothequestionofwhetherthecreationofthejointbank  | accountsandcertificateofdepositpriortoFebruary23,1988,constitutedgiftstoCraycraftorwhetherthelattersnamewasplacedonthoseaccountstofacilitatehisuseofthosefundsforMs.Johnsonsbenefit.Wefeltthatsuchadeterminationwasrequiredinordertodocompletejustice;henceourinstructionsontheremand.SeeRules13(b)and36(a),T.R.A.P.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    6    /XpXXX/pXXXpMs.JohnsontransferredherlifeestatetotheCraycraftsonFebruary P  23,1988,thesamedaysheexecutedthepowersofattorney.ChancellorFriersonsjudgment,byholdingthatthepresumptionofundueinfluencewasnotproperlyrebutted,held,ineffect,thatMs.JohnsonmadethistransferbecauseoftheundueinfluenceoftheCraycrafts.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular [ $    7    1XpXXX1pXXXpSinceMr.Craycraftwasinvolved,inonewayoranother,inallofthe P  suspecttransactionsinvolvingMs.JohnsonandMs.Craycraft,itisimmaterialthatherestatewasnotsuedinthisproceeding.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular  $    8    3XpXXX3pXX+XpTheappelleefiledamotionaskingustoconsiderpostjudgmentfacts P  pursuanttoRule14,T.R.A.P.WedeclinetodosobecausethefactsurgeduponuswereinexistencepriortoChancellorFriersonsjudgment.Hence,thefactsinquestionarenotpostjudgmentfacts,butratherprejudgmentfacts.<Q 9Z .Courier New Regular(3$ !   7X0#XXX7eaX7X0# Ad   FILED77ea   November24,1998  CecilCrowson,Jr.AppellateCourtClerk $$$$'dxd,cAZ"Arial Regular4C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd !  P TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7XXdd7 X^XXX    INTHECOURTOFAPPEALS P  l566&"h 8 `E tt06H lߛ HH(#(#ATKNOXVILLE X^XX X^  ELSIEJOHNSON,    h   )C/ANO.03A01 x 9803CH00114   `     h   )   ` Plaintiff, h   )     (#(#HH   `     h   )   `     h   )and   `     h   ) x(     `     h   )   `     h   )   `     h   )THOMASA. ` NOKES,   h   ) H     `     h   )APPEALASOFRIGHTFROMTHE   ` PlaintiffAppellee,)HAMBLENCOUNTYCHANCERYCOURT   `     h   )   `     h   )   `     h   )v.   `     h   ) H    `     h   )   p      x       `     h   )   `     h   )   `     h   )DONALDCRAYCRAFT,   h   ) 0     `     h   )HONORABLETHOMASR.FRIERSON,II,    ` DefendantAppellant.)CHANCELLORForAppellant    h     ForAppellee %X# CLINTONR.ANDERSON   h     J.RANDALLSHELTON 8'% Morristown,Tennessee h     Morristown,Tennessee (& @33$ X,XX X^  7: X X,   7:OPINION#  7:  b# ˮ   ^ԛ#  ^   ˮ # ٍ   7:Ԉ (2'3  $9.9 X̪X  ٍAFFIRMED,ASMODIFIED z9*/9 REMANDEDWITHINSTRUCTIONS     p      x Susano,J.  P:0:    ` Whenthiscasewasfirstbeforeus,see Johnsonv. P  Craycraft ,914S.W.2d506(Tenn.App.1995),wevacated,inpart,   thejudgmentofChancellorDennisH.Inman.Insodoing,werelieduponthethenrecentlyreleasedopinionoftheSupremeCourtinthecaseof Matlockv.Simpson ,902S.W.2d384(Tenn. @ 1995),tojustifyourholdingthataconfidentialrelationshipexisted,onandafterFebruary23,1988,betweentheplaintiff,ElsieJohnson,  #  1      ontheonehand,andthedefendant,Donald d  Craycraft( Craycraft)andhiswife,@!@  #  2      ontheother.&  #  3      We   remandedthiscasetothetrialcourtwithinstructionstodeterminewhethertherewasclearandconvincingevidenceL(L  #  4      ofthe h fairnessoftheJohnsonCraycraftstransactionsthatoccurredonandafterFebruary23,1988,suchastorebutthepresumptionofundueinfluencebytheCraycraftsapresumptionarisingoutoftheconfidentialrelationship.Inthemeantime,ChancellorInmanwasappointedtothefederalbench.HewasreplacedbyChancellorThomasR.Frierson,II,whoconsideredthismatteronremand.ChancellorFriersondidnotfindtherequisiteclearandconvincingevidencetorebutthepresumption.BasedonCraycraftsaccountingofMs.Johnsonsfundstransferredtohiscare,andotherrelevantdocuments,theChancellorawardedajudgmentof$237,555.37totheplaintiffThomasA.Nokes,the -|#* onlysonofMs.Johnson.Craycraftappealed,contending,first,thatthetrialcourterredinrevisitingatransactionthatwasaffirmedinourearlieropinion;and,second,thattheevidencepreponderatesagainstthetrialcourtsdeterminationthattherewasanabsenceoftheclearandconvincingevidencenecessarytorebutthepresumptionofundueinfluence.@tt)I.   ` InAugust,1987,Ms.JohnsonpurchasedahouseinMorristownfor$60,500.Asouroriginalopinionrecites,shetookonlyalifeestateintheproperty,whiletheremainderinterestwasplacedinthenamesofheracquaintances,Mr.andMrs.Craycraft;thisdespitethefactthatMs.Johnsonputupallofthemoneyforthepurchaseoftheproperty. Johnson ,914 !0 S.W.2dat507.Inthefirsttrial,ChancellorInmanheldthattherewasnoconfidentialrelationship,asamatteroffact, $  betweenMs.JohnsonandtheCraycraftsasofthedateofthattransactionatransactionthatoccurredbeforeMs.JohnsongaveeachoftheCraycraftsapowerofattorney.Accordingly,herefusedtoinvalidatethetransfertotheCraycrafts.Weaffirmedthatdecision. Id .at512. P-#*    ` Whenweremandedthiscase,wepointedoutthatthetrialcourtwouldhavetoexaminecertainpreFebruary23,1988, h2(0 transactionsbetweenMs.JohnsonandCraycraft:  8 ` TheChancellorwillstillhavetoexaminepreFebruary23,1988,transactionsinwhichJohnsonostensiblyestablishedjointaccountswithDonaldCraycrafttodetermineifJohnsonintendedtomake 9/9 agifttoCraycraftorratherintendedmerelytoplacehisnameontheaccountstofacilitatehisabilitytoutilizetheseassetsforherbenefit.   ThisinquiryisnecessarytodeterminethetrueownershipofcertainassetswhentheconfidentialrelationshipcommencedonFebruary23,1988. ` `   Id .(Emphasisinfirst Johnson opinion).",  #  5      ChancellorFrierson   apparentlymisinterpretedouropinionasauthorizinghimtorevisitthevalidityofthetransferoftheremainderinteresttotheCraycrafts.Thatwasnotourintention.Thattransferdidnotinvolvethecreationofajointaccount.ThescopeofourremandastothepreFebruary23,1988,transactionswaslimitedtothose inwhichJohnsonostensiblyestablishedjointaccounts  withDonaldCraycraft,andthenonlyforthepurposeofdeterminingthe trueownershipofthosejointaccounts,boththeregularbankaccountsaswellastheonecertificateofdeposit,asofthedateonwhichtheconfidentialrelationshipwasestablished. Id .at512.(Emphasisadded).Thetrialcourt @$ wasnotauthorizedtoreexaminethevalidityoftheCraycraftsremainderinterest.Therefore,iterredinawardingNokes$60,000,anamountequaltothecheckdrawnpreFebruary23,1988ononeofthejointaccountstopurchasetheHamblen Countyresidentialproperty.WhileNokesisentitledtoreceive ,X") thevalueofMs.Johnsonslifeestate.  #  6      asofthedateofthe P   transferofthatinteresttotheCraycrafts,heisnotentitledtothevalueoftheCraycraftsinterest.ChancellorInmansjudgmentastothecreationoftheCraycraftsremainderinterest,whichweaffirmed, id .,upheldthevalidityofthat  transfer.̛̛  h  @88)II.   ` Pursuanttoourremand,thetrialcourtalsofoundthatMs.JohnsondidnotintendtomakeagifttoCraycraftwhensheestablishedthejointbankaccountsandthecertificateofdepositwithhimpriortoFebruary23,1988.Theevidencedoesnotpreponderateagainstthisfinding. Cf . Leffewv.Mayes ,685  S.W.2d288,29293(Tenn.App.1984).Bythesametoken,wefindthattheevidencedoesnotpreponderateagainstthetrialcourtsoverallgeneraldeterminationthattherecordisdevoidoftherequisiteclearandconvincingevidencetorebutthepresumptionofundueinfluencecreatedbytheconfidentialrelationshipbetweenMs.JohnsonandtheCraycrafts.0  #  7       *&   X-#* @(III.   ` Thejudgmentofthetrialcourt,asmodifiedbythisopinion,isaffirmed.*2  #  8      Onremand,thetrialcourtwillenteran H ordermodifyingitsjudgmenttodelete$60,000fromit.ItwillthenaddtothejudgmentthevalueofMs.JohnsonslifeestateasofFebruary23,1998,thedateitwasostensiblytransferredtotheCraycrafts.Exercisingourdiscretion,wetaxthecostsonappealtotheappellant.   `     h     _____________________________   `     h     CharlesD.Susano,Jr.CONCUR:______________________HerschelP.Franks,J.______________________DonT.McMurray,J.