Legal Opinion
Merriman v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 22, 1979PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
These suits arose from the bankruptcy of Peoples Protective Corporation [hereinafter referred to as PPC] subsequent to a sale by PPC to plaintiff Merriman of Peoples Protective Life Insurance Company [hereinafter referred to as PPLIC], a wholly owned subsidiary of PPC.
Plaintiff Merriman is a Kansas City businessman with past experience in purchasing financially unsound insurance businesses, having purchased at least four others prior to this sale.
Plaintiff Continental Bankers Life Insurance Company [hereinafter referred to as CBLIC], one of Merriman’s insurance companies,…
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