Legal Opinion

In re Chaffee

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 9, 1962PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Special Justice TomliNsoN

delivered the opinion of the Court.

*90Mrs. Chaffee appeals to this Court from the action of the County Judge of Knox County in denying her petition on the ground that his Court was without jurisdiction.

Inasmuch as the subject matter is one in which the County Court had exclusive jurisdiction, the appeal to this Court rather than the Circuit Court was correct in that the only party before the Court was Mrs. Chaffee. She and the Judge agreed that the appeal might be to this Court. Sectiou 27-402, T.C.A. Only a question of law is involved.

The purpose of Mrs. Chaffee’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bradford v. RagsdaleTennessee Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Hannon v. HannonTennessee Supreme Court · 1947

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re Conservatorship of ClaytonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  2. State Ex Rel. Melentowich v. KlinkWisconsin Supreme Court · 1982
  3. In re Conservatorship of AckermanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2008
  4. In Re: Proposed Conservatorship of Mary F. StrattonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
  5. Lillian Clayton Salvatore, Guardian of Lois G. Clayton v. Frederick Paul Clayton, Jr., Conservator for Lois G. ClaytonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005

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