Legal Opinion

Commerce Union Bank v. Possum Holler, Inc.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 24, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellee, Commerce Union Bank, seeks a declaration of its rights to the proceeds of the sale of certain equipment and inventory of the debtor, Possum Holler, Inc. The primary issue concerns the priority of the conflicting liens held by the plaintiff and the Commissioner of Revenue. We are asked to determine, among other things, (1) whether a perfected security interest, securing all present and future indebtedness, has priority as to future advances over an intervening state tax lien and, (2) whether such security interest is limited to an amount equal to the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Genn v. CIT Corp.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1978
  2. Jackson County Bank v. Ford Motor Credit Co.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1980

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Farmers & Merchants National Bank v. SchlossbergCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  2. American City Bank of Tullahoma v. Western Auto Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  3. Dalton v. First National Bank of GraysonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1986
  4. In Re BatesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1983
  5. American General Financial Services, Inc. v. CarterCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2008

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