Dobbins v. Carroll
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM LEWIS. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lewis County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —Douglas Wilke, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This suit was brought by certain sureties on the official bond of Carroll, executed by him as clerk and master of the chancery court of Lewis county, at Hohenwald, to recover from the Phoenix National *135Bank, of Columbia, the amount of a note that had been executed to Carroll, clerk and master, to represent the last installment of the deferred purchase money for land, a sale of which had been made by that official under a decretal order of the chancery court in the case of Brown v. Robinett.
It appears that the earlier installment notes had been paid by their makers, but the clerk and master was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. People's BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1913
- Gilley v. HarrellTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
- Oglesby v. FoleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad v. ClancyIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Farmers Nat. BankCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1940