Phillips v. Tidwell
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, P. J.
In addition to certain other relief not necessary to mention, the chancellor passed a decree in this case awarding the complainant a recovery on a promissory note against A. W. Wilson, C. L. Wilson, H. P. Tidwell and G. E. Tidwell. Prom this decree the defendant, 0. E. Tidwell, alone, appealed. The defenses are res judicata and non est factum.
The basis of the defense of res judicata is that the defendant, Tidwell, was discharged from liability on the note by a judgment rendered by the Circuit Court of McNairy County at the May Term, 1937. The complainant contends, and the chancellor held,…
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