Legal Opinion

Fidelity Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Wall

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 24, 1934PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swiggart

This is ah action to foreclose a mortgage of real estate. The determinative question is whether the lien of the mortgage is barred by the statute of limitation of ten years. Code, section 8590.

On April 1, 1913-, Moses M. Wall and wife executed a mortgage to the complainant, to secure the payment of a note for $8,000, for borrowed money, due April 1, 1918. Moses M. Wall died in 1922, a resident of Kentucky, where his- estate was administered. The mortgage included lands] contiguous tracts, lying in Tennessee - and Kentucky, and in 1927 complainant filed suit in Kentucky, against Wall’s…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wilkins v. McCorkleTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Shanks v. PhillipsTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Bank v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Runnells v. JacobsTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Alexander v. MuseTennessee Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Thomas v. HedgesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1944
  2. Regions Bank v. Donnie FletcherCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2023
  3. Lindsey v. LindseyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
  4. Newton v. Herskowitz (In Re Gatlinburg Motel Enterprises, Ltd.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1990
  5. Osborne v. McCormackTennessee Supreme Court · 1944

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