Edmonson v. Walker
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and hy certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —P. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Special Justice W. B. Swaetey
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The sole' question at issue in this case is the right of a county to priority of payment of delinquent taxes assessed against personal property in the settlement of an insolvent estate in the chancery court. John Paine, a citizen and resident of Shelby county, died intestate in said county on the 29th day of April, 1913, leaving a widow and children. He owned real and personal property in Shelby county, but was indebted to complainant and others in amounts in excess of the value of his estate, and hence was insolvent in fact…
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