Legal Opinion

Lawhorn v. Wellford

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 27, 1943PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Green

The bill in this case was brought by the complainant, describing himself as agent of the First National Bank of Memphis, executor of the estate of Leonard Lawhorn, to reach the equitable interest of defendant Wellford in certain real estate in Memphis. This property was encumbered and the trustees and beneficiaries of the mortgages were likewise named as defendants. There was a decree for the complainant below, from which defendant Wellford was granted an appeal.

The bill alleged that in 1933 the complainant herein, describing himself , in the same way, had recovered a judgment against…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Clinton Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Taylor v. SledgeTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Bank v. LooneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Boyd v. JohnstonTennessee Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. In Re Jack Wayne Bursack, Debtor. Rally Hill Productions, Inc. v. Jack Wayne BursackCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
  2. Harris v. Byard (In Re Byard)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1985
  3. Powell v. LaneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2008
  4. Treadwell v. Glenstone Lodge, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  5. Rally Hill Productions, Inc. v. Bursack (In Re Bursack)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1994

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