Legal Opinion
Peters v. Neely
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court at Memphis. W. AT. McDowell, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
The chancellor sustained a demurrer to this bill, and the complainant appealed.
On September 8, 1883, Thos. Peters, a citizen of the State of Alabama, having his domicil at Birmingham, departed this life, testate, at Louisville, Kentucky. He left personal property in Shelby county, Tennessee, and was indebted to several citizens of this State. His will was duly probated in Shelby county, and complainant qualified as administrator with the will *277annexed, no executor having been named in the will. By that instrument, J. C. Neely, of Memphis, Tennessee, and E. W. Rucker, of Alabama, without being…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Muller v. DowsSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Plimpton v. . BigelowNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
3Cited by4 opinions
- Isreal v. GuyTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. OrtizCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1962
- Potter v. SandersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. OrtizCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1962