Legal Opinion
Cotton v. Underwood
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 1969PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice, Humphbeys
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Plaintiff J. Clifton Cotton sued Thomas R. Underwood, Morris Best, Leroy Pippinger and American Insurance Association for $500,000.00' damages for malicious prosecution. Cotton alleged defendants prosecuted him for the arsonous burning of his house but that the jury had returned a verdict of not guilty.
Defendants pleaded in abatement that in J. Clifton Cotton’s Federal Court suit against Jersey Insurance Company to recover on an insurance policy where the primary issue was whether Mr. Cotton had intentionally burned his house, this…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Coca Cola Co. v. Pepsi-Cola Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1934
- Gammel v. Ernst & ErnstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- D. B. Loveman Co. v. BaylessTennessee Supreme Court · 1913
- Cantrell v. Burnett & Henderson Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1948
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. ConnorsTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,897 Ed N. Harrison and William P. Johnston, Trustee v. Bloomfield Building Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Wiley Hutcherson v. Lauderdale County, TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Gerber v. HolcombCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006
- Collier v. Greenbrier Developers, LLCCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2009
- Freda Boyce and Marvell Boyce v. LPP Mortgage LTDCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
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