Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Attorney General v. Colored Tennessee Industrial School

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1920PublishedCited by 3 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County. —HoN. John T. Lellyett, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

The hill in this case was filed by the State, on the relation of the attorney-general, to dissolve the Colored Tennessee Industrial School, purporting to be a corporation, and to recover from it certain property in its possession, alleged to have been obtained from the State upon false representations. A receiver was appointed for the defendant corporation upon the filing of the bill.

The corporation and certain individual defendants answered.

According to decrees rendered in the cause, proof appears to have been heard by the chancellor! A final decree was passed dissolving the corporation, and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Shelby County v. BickfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Hearst v. ProffitTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Leiberman v. BowdenTennessee Supreme Court · 1908

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Russell v. RussellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1926
  2. Ackerman v. MarableCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1934
  3. Remke v. RemkeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1929

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