Legal Opinion

Horn v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 18, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

On September 2,1975 the Grand Jury for Knox County returned three separate indictments against the petitioner under the statute dealing with false pretenses, T.C.A. § 39-1901. The indictments charged that the petitioner was guilty of obtaining sums of money from each of three named individuals by selling to them clover seed known as Alta Mammouth clover seed while falsely, fraudulently and feloniously representing to each of the purchasers that the seed involved was Kenland clover seed. The indictment charged that the latter was a more valuable brand of seed and that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wright v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  2. State v. McDonaldTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Haley v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  4. State v. McKayTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Chadrick v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1940

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