Legal Opinion

Wright v. Brooks

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 1899PublishedCited by 4 opinions

FROM TROUSDALE. Appeal from Chancery Court of Trousdale County. J. S. Gribble, Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtMcAlister, J.

The only question presented for determination upon this record is whether the proceeds of an insurance policy upon exempt property may be subjected to the payment of the debts of the insured.

Complainant, Wright, recovered judgments before a Justice of the Peace against the defendant, C. G. *602Brooks, for the sums of $220 and $19.22, respectively. The present bill was filed as a garnishment bill to subject to the payment of these judgments a draft for $540, drawn by the Scottish Union National Insurance Company in favor of the defendant, C. G. Brooks. The defendant, Brooks, resists the right of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Trinity County Lumber Co. v. DenhamTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Cameron v. FayTexas Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Kaiser v. SeatonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  4. Tillotson v. . WolcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  5. Mudge v. LanningSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sherwin-Williams Co. v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1941
  2. Wabash Railroad v. BowringMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. Forehand v. ForehandCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1945
  4. Patricia Ann Gho Massey v. Gregory Joel CasalsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2011

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