Webb v. Fisher
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DEKALB. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of DeKalb County. Jos. C. Higgins, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
The question presented upon this record is in re* spect of the liability of a judicial officer for certain official acts which are alleged to have been done oppressively, maliciously and corruptly. The more specific allegations of the declaration are that the defendant, T. J. Fisher, as chancellor of the fifth chancery division of Tennessee, decided against plaintiff the cause of W. H. Cummings, relator, against B. M. Webb, in the chancery court at Smithville, Tenn., in which a decree of disbarment was made and en*703tered against plaintiff, a practicing attorney and counsel and solicitor in the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Randall v. BrighamSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Williamson v. LacySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1893
- Philbrook v. NewmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1898
- Cope v. RamseyTennessee Supreme Court · 1870
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