Legal Opinion

Jones v. Sharp

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1872PublishedCited by 4 opinions

FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the decree of tbe Chancery Court, ‘October Term, 1868. William M. Smith, Ch.

1Opinion of the Court

Turney J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The proof in the record establishes a partnership between C. M. & H. C. Horton.

In the opinion of the writer, the proper holding would be, — upon the death of one of a partnership 'owning realty, — that the interest of the deceased should descend to the heir, and be appropriated to the payment of debts, as other realty of the deceased held in his individual right: — the title thus vesting directly in the heir, without any distinction between such ves-‘titure and that of title to other lands.

It has heretofore been held by this Court, in a similar…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brown v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1958
  2. Lee v. HarrisonTennessee Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Lee v. HarrisonTennessee Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Richards v. RichardsTennessee Supreme Court · 1959

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