Legal Opinion

Eason v. Gaines

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1913PublishedCited by 3 opinions

PROM SHELBY. Appeal from the probate court of Shelby county.— J. S. Galloway, Judge. ^ |/V'y*

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

This cause, standing on appeal to this court, will, on motion, be transferred to the docket of.the court of civil appeals. While the act creating the probate court of Shelby county (Acts of 1870, ch. 86; Shannon’s Code, sec. 387) provided that “from said court an appeal shall lie directly to the supreme court of this State, and to no other court,” yet the latter act (Acts 1907, ch. 82), which regulates appeals to the court of civil appeals, and in so far to this court, had the effect of providing that such appeals from the probate court, that formerly lay to this court, should lie to the…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Shaller v. GarrettTennessee Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Mooney v. HicksTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Gaines v. EasonTennessee Supreme Court · 1914

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