Legal Opinion

Gibson County v. Fourth & First Nat. Bank

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided January 18, 1936PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDeWITT, J.

The issue presented is as to liability of. the Fourth '& First National Bank of Nashville in the sum of $197,872.14 to the county of Gibson for alleged breach of trust in permitting the substitution by Caldwell & Co. of certain corporate stocks for bonds of Gibson county under a trust agreement, whereby said sum was lost to said county. Upon a voluminous record the chancellor denied the recovery sought and dismissed the bill. Gibson county appealed. The bank also obtained a writ of error in order to challenge certain rulings of the chancellor in admitting and excluding testimony. Both parties…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Seitz v. Brewers' Refrigerating MacHine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Briggs v. SpauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. In Re the Accounting of Fulton Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
  5. McGannon v. FarrellTennessee Supreme Court · 1919

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. GRW Enterprises, Inc. v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  2. Continental Bankers Life Insurance Co. of the South v. Bank of AlamoTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
  3. North American Uranium, Inc. v. JohnstonWyoming Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Peggy L. Smith, Individually and as Trustee of Peggy L. Smith Trust v. Hi-Speed, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2016
  5. Branum v. AkinsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998

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