Legal Opinion

Ammons v. Coker

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1911PublishedCited by 16 opinions

PROM LAUDERDALE. Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Lauderdale County to tlie Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from tbe Court of Civil Appeals to tbe Supreme Court. — S. J. Everett, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

This is an action of forcible entry and detainer, originating before a justice of the peace in Lauderdale county, to recover possession of certain premises there located.

*678There was a judgment in favor of Ammons, and on the next day, Mrs. Coker, upon a petition addressed to the circuit judge, obtained a fiat for a writ of certiorari, to transfer the case to the circuit court.

Six days after the judgment, Ammons obtained a writ of possession from the justice of the peace, giving bond as required by law, and the writ was executed and he was put in possession.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Copeland v. CoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1871
  2. Hardin v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Newport Housing Authority v. BallardTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Smith v. HoltCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1945
  3. Nashville Housing Authority v. KinnardTennessee Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Bell v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Robertson v. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1938

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