Legal Opinion
Clements v. Pearson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1961PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dyer
We granted certiorari in this case not because we thought there was any error in the Court of Appeals opinion but because we thought it advisable to emphasize the correctness of same.
This suit was commenced by Edward A. Pearson and Lloyd W. Pearson against Hal H. Clements, Jr., and John J. Duncan, as sureties on the statutory real estate bond of Z. H. Duncan, principal, to recover for alleged default of said Duncan in a real estate transaction.
The defendants filed a plea setting up that said Duncan had been prosecuted and convicted in the Criminal Court of Knox County for fraudulent breach of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chantangco v. AbaroaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Dyer County v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- City of Chattanooga v. RogersTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Akers v. GillentineCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
- Jamison v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1940
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Usrey Ex Rel. Usrey v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
- Kirksey v. Overton Pub, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
- State v. CarterCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
- Fourakre v. PerryCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
- Johnson v. KingTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
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