Legal Opinion

Sayles v. Cox

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1895PublishedCited by 20 opinions

FROM WASHINGTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Washington County. John P. Smith, Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.

Complainant’s bill is filed to have a debt due her declared a preferential claim, to be paid in full out of the funds in the hands of defendant as receiver. There was a demurrer to the bill, raising the question of the right of complainant to any priority or preference, and it was sustained, and decree rendered in the Court below fix-ihg the amount of complainant’s debt, and directing that it share pro rata in the funds in the receiver’s hands, but denying it any preference or priority, and dividing the costs equally between the parties. Complainant, by leave of the Court, appealed, and…

2Cited by20 opinions

  1. Federal Reserve Bank v. PetersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
  2. Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Co. v. Cosmopolitan Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  3. Corporation Commission v. Bank.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  4. Kansas Flour Mills Co. v. New State Bank of WoodwardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  5. McDowell v. McDowellTennessee Supreme Court · 1921

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