Legal Opinion

Griffith v. Hurt

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 27, 1956PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tomlinson

The Chancellor allowed the defendants, Hurt, et al., an appeal from his action in overruling their demurrer based on the ground of misjoinder of parties complainant.

There are three complainants. They own separate farms. Neither owns any interest in the farm of the other. According to the allegations of their joint hill, the defendants, tenants in common, are so conducting the management of their farm and the stream flowing therethrough as to interfere with the normal flow and course of that stream, and of the rains falling upon their farm. The result is that large bodies of water accumulate…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Madison v. Ducktown Sulphur, Copper & Iron Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Johnson Transfer & Freight Lines, Inc. v. American Nat. Fire Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Union Planters' Bank & Trust Co. v. Memphis Hotel Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Ducktown Sulphur, Copper & Iron Co. v. FainTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Teas v. Luff-Bowen Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1922

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Goeke v. National Farms, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1994

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