Legal Opinion
Butcher v. Howard
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 18, 1986PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKS, Judge.
The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the filing of a creditor’s bill and the appointment of a receiver of trust estate property take precedence over a deed conveying a trust property made before, but not registered until after, the appointment of the receiver.
On July 1, 1976, C.H. Butcher, Jr., established an irrevocable trust, known as the C.H. Butcher, III Trust, with Cecil H. Butcher, III, as beneficiary who, at age 25, was to be paid “the principal of the trust and accumulations of income.”
On June 25, 1981, C.H. Butcher, Jr., informed the trustee, Lewis Howard,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- First Southern Properties, Inc. v. ValloneTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- Tradesman Publishing Co. v. Car Wheel Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1895
- Camerer v. California Savings & Commercial BankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- Paine v. FoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Barber v. Reina Nash Motor CompanyWyoming Supreme Court · 1953
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