Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Puckett

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 21, 1954PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil

The complainant, W. J. Edwards, filed his original hill in the Chancery Conrt of Crockett County for a declaratory judgment decreeing that he is vested with the remainder interest in %g undivided interest in a 50 acre tract of land, subject to the life estate of his mother, Mrs. Louise Alice Puckett, who is still living.

The interest to which the complainant claims title is based upon the following undisputed facts. The father and mother of the complainant were the owners in 1896 of a certain tract of land in Crockett County containing 50 acres; the father owned a Vs interest in the land by…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Teague v. SowderTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
  2. New York Casualty Co. v. LawsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
  3. Superior Oil Corporation v. AlcornCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
  4. Quarles v. ArthurCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
  5. Carey v. CareyTennessee Supreme Court · 1931

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Passarella v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  2. Dixie Savings Stores, Inc. v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  3. Bomar v. State Ex Rel. StewartTennessee Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Roten v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1960
  5. In Re BumpassUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1996

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