Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Blanks

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1904PublishedCited by 1 opinion

FROM CANNON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Cannon County.— Walter Hancock, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the Court

M'r. Justice Wilkes

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a question of priority between a purchaser and an execution creditor on certain real estate interests.

Complainant bought the interests of his brothers J. H. and H. L. Thompson in the estate of their father, H. L. Thompson, in January and April, 1903.

The father died in July thereafter.

On the 27th of July, after the death of their father, these conveyances were registered in Cannon county, where the land lies.

It appears that an execution issued upon a judgment of justice of the peace on July 13, 1903, and was levied same day upon the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Turberville v. FowlerTennessee Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jones v. MosleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946

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