Legal Opinion
Sparks v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville County
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 27, 1989PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTRELL, Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the applicable statute of limitations bars the plaintiff’s action. The plaintiff contends that the defendants are equitably estopped from asserting the statute of limitations defense and that she impliedly accepted an offer to complete the repairs on her home by her forbearance to bring an action on the original agreement.
Ms. Katherine Sparks owns an old home on Twentieth Avenue North in Nashville. In 1978, the house was in need of extensive repairs and Ms. Sparks applied for assistance from the Emergency Rehabilitation Program of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Bedford v. The James Leffel & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Irvin v. BinkleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
- Whitlow v. Hardin Co., Tenn.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1930
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- Michael Montgomery, Administrator Ad Litem of the Estate of Mary L. Nave, Plaintiff-Appellant/ Cross-Appellee v. Carter County, Tennessee, Jack Perkins, Highway Superintendent, Carter County, Tennessee, Carter County Commission, Dean Perry, Carter County Commissioners in Their Individual and Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants, Luther Jean Hassell, A/K/A Jean W. HassellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
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