Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. Whitworth

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided April 15, 1873Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor :

Tbis is an original bill filed to hare the complainant’s rights as the head of a family to a homestead declared in certain property and set apart to him, or one thousand dollars in lieu thereof paid him out of the proceeds of sale. The property in controversy had been attached by the defendants dwell Bros, by bill filed in this cpurt, in which a decree had been obtained for the sale of the property for the satisfaction of the complainants’ debt, and the property sold in accordance therewith. The com plaiuant in the present bill prayed for an injunction “ enjoining the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dyckman & McChain v. KernochanNew York Court of Chancery · 1830
  2. Dederick v. HoysradtNew York Supreme Court · 1849
  3. Smith v. American Life Insurance & Trust Co.New York Court of Chancery · 1840
  4. In re ChadwellTennessee Supreme Court · 1872

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