Legal Opinion
Wright v. Black
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1929PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Ghiee Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.
J. F. May conveyed to the complainant Wright, for a consideration that has been paid, a tract of land in Lawrence County on May 6,1925. The deed,, however, was not filed for record until March 31, 1927. J. F. May died September 8, 1926, intestate, several months before his deed to Wright was registered.
Among other heirs, J. F. May left a son, B. F. May. P'rior to the death of the elder May, the Farmers and Merchants Bank of- Ethridge, Tennessee, recovered a judgment against his son B. F. May. On September 28, 1926, the bank procured an…
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