Legal Opinion
Lane v. Sumner County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1957PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
This, suit, insofar as it is presented to this Court, was brought to strike two paragraphs from a decree of the Circuit Court of Sumner County entered therein in Sep tember 1950. The basic reason for striking these portions of the decree is that they are void as contrary to public policy and therefore should be stricken. The portions of the decree sought to be stricken and elided are:
“It appears to the Court .that it was agreed between Petitioner, Ed Lane, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Sumner County, Tennessee, and the Defendant, T. S. Butt, Chairman of the County Court of Sumner County,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Hunter v. ConnerTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
- MacMath v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Crutcher v. Johnson CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- O'BRIEN v. Rutherford CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Grant v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Clark County v. LewisNevada Supreme Court · 1972
- Bringhurst v. TualCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Carter v. JettCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963
- Stuermer v. City of ChattanoogaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995