Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Armentrout
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 9, 2000No. E1998-00136-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 84 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · DrowotaDrowota, J.
in which ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, HOLDER & BARKER, JJ., joined.
This appeal arises from a dispute between brothers-in-law over the sale of a partnership interest in a family dairy business. After reaching an oral agreement regarding the price of the interest to be sold, the buyer tendered $50,000 of the purchase price to the seller and later presented a promissory note evidencing an obligation for the $61,000 balance of the sale. The seller’s home subsequently burned and the note was destroyed. A dispute arose between the parties as to the validity of the note and the existence of an…
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