Trust Co. v. Weaver

William T. Smith died intestate at his residence in Davidson County, Tennessee, and thereafter executions, issued on recent decrees in the Chancery Court of that county and tested prior to his death, were levied on about $14,000 of corporate stock in the Security Homo Building & Loan Association, a certificate for $2,500 of stock in the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company, and a large oil painting, as assets of his estate. After the levy his administrator, the Nashville Trust Company, filed this bill to enjoin the sale. The Chancellor dismissed the bill upon demurrer, and the Court of Chancery…