Legal Opinion

Parker v. Bethel Hotel Co.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 1896PublishedCited by 80 opinions

FROM MAURY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Maury County. A. J. Abernathy, Ch.

1Opinion of the Court

J. C. Bradeord, Sp. J.

On May 24, 1880, P. C. Bethel, W. D. Bethel, Lucius Frierson, Eugene Pillow, J. M. Mayes, and L. W. Black became incorporated, under the laws of the State of Tennessee, as the Bethel' Hotel Company. The business of this corporation, as ■ declared in its charter, was the erection, furnishing, and operation of a hotel in the town of Columbia, Tenn., the hotel building to include storehouses and a concert hall. The. charter was taken out under Chapter 142 of the Acts of 18'75, and is in the form prescribed for hotel companies, except that words were added authorizing it to…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Humphreys v. McKissockSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Baldwin v. CanfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
  3. Button v. HoffmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Swift v. Smith, Dixon & Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
  5. Merchants Exchange National Bank v. Commercial Warehouse Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872

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3Cited by80 opinions

  1. Home Fire Insurance v. BarberNebraska Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Davis v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
  3. Just v. Idaho Canal & Improvement Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Calor Oil & Gas Co. v. FranzellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
  5. Figuers v. SherrellTennessee Supreme Court · 1944

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