Legal Opinion

Spears v. Sherman

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1923PublishedCited by 5 opinions

FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — Hon. Von A. Huffaker, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cook

The court of civil appeals affirmed a judgment in an action of tort rendered against Robert E. Spears, Hugh G. Boyd, and Bruce Drinnen. Upon certiorari the supreme court affirmed the judgment October, 1921.

Drinnen had executed an appeal bond with George W. Blair and J. W. Drinnen as sureties, and judgment was rendered against Drinnen, principal, and Blair and J. W. Drinnen, sureties, on the appeal bond for costs and for $73.80 interest accrued from the rendition of the judgment to the date of affirmance. The sureties have filed a petition seeking relief from the judgment of $73.80. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. W. T. Hardison & Co. v. YeamanTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Woodson v. CarsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  3. Railroad v. LeabowTennessee Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1959
  2. Major v. General Motors Corp.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1990
  3. Phillips v. LandessTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Peoples Bank v. Elizabethton Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1939
  5. Bank & Trust Co. v. ParisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1926

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