Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Swafford

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1909PublishedCited by 13 opinions

FROM BLEDSOE. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Bledsoe County. T. M. M'cConijstell, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beard

On the 15th of March, 1902, the complainant, then and at the time of the filing of her bill in this cause the *306wife of one of the defendants, joined her husband in the execution of a trust deed, conveying for the security of debts of her husband, in the contraction of which she took no part, and from which, so far as we can discover, she derived no benefit, her expectancy as an heir of, or possibility of inheritance from, her father, who was then alive. A large part of the debts thus sought to be secured were created prior to the making of the trust deed! As compared with the whole, only a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Steele v. FriersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Davis v. HaydenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
  3. Gore v. HowardTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Bayler v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
  5. McDonald v. . McDonaldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1859

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Scruggs v. MayberryTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Hawkins v. ByrnTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Hobson v. HobsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Johnson v. BreedingTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Inlow v. HerrenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924

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