Shelby County v. Memphis Abstract Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of' Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. Hon. F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The bill of complaint was filed by the county of Shelby to recover of the defendant company a sum claimed to be due for the use and occupation by the latter of working space in the registry of deeds of that county.
The chancellor and the court of civil appeals have denied the county relief, and it here seeks a review of the decree of the latter court.
*76The Memphis Abstract Company is a corporation organized under the laws of this State for the purpose indicated by its name, and it pays an occupation tax to the State of Tennessee for the privilege of doing an abstract business. It maintains its…
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- Clay v. BallardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
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