Legal Opinion

Gibson v. Widener

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 17, 1886PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Writ of error to Chancery Court, Knox County. Decree at January Term, 1885. W. B. Staley, Ch.

1Opinion of the Court

Snod&rass, J.

The bill in this cause was filed' to enforce a vendor’s lien for balance of purchase-money of a tract of land, due by judgment to' com*17plainant. The judgment was based upon a note executed by defendants to complainant’s intestate, Wm. Widener.

Defendants claimed three credits not allowed in the bill — one for $30, one for $46.93, and one for $100. This, in answer, was the only defense made. The judgment was rendered on the 19th of August, 1879, and the credits claimed are all of a preceding date; but it is insisted in the answer, and substantially shown in evidence, that there was…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Vineyard v. VineyardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1942
  2. Epperson v. RobertsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Cockrell v. CockrellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1935
  4. Gurley v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Belcher v. SteeleTennessee Supreme Court · 1896

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