Jackson, Orr & Co. v. Shelton
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM. BENTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Benton County. A. J. Abernathy, Oh.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
G-. W. Shelton and his wife, Eoena Shelton, were joint owners as tenants by entireties of a residence in Camden. It was worth less than $1,000; and he owned no other real estate.
In 1883 they conveyed it, hy deed of trust, to secure the payment of certain debts to one II. E. Stegall. In 1888, when but a small part of the secured indebtedness remained unpaid, other creditors of G. W. Shelton filed this hill to foreclose the deed of trust and reach the surplus proceeds of the trust property for their own debts. G. W. Shelton made no defense, hut his wife answered the bill, claiming homestead in…
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