Legal Opinion

Lafferty v. Turley

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1855PublishedCited by 4 opinions

FROM GRAINGER. This was a bill filed in the Chancery Court at Rutledge in 1852, by the heirs and distributees of the late Jenkin Whitesides, against the defendant, as executor of Thos. Whitesides, deceased, who died in 1851, and the heirs and distributees of the said Thomas, for a general account of the administration of the estate of said Jenkin, of which said Thomas in his lifetime, was the administrator.

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FROM GRAINGER. This was a bill filed in the Chancery Court at Rutledge in 1852, by the heirs and distributees of the late Jenkin Whitesides, against the defendant, as executor of Thos. Whitesides, deceased, who died in 1851, and the heirs and distributees of the said Thomas, for a general account of the administration of the estate of said Jenkin, of which said Thomas in his lifetime, was the administrator. Jenkin Whitesides died in 1822, intestate, unmarried and without issue. Thomas White-sides qualified as his administrator in 1823, and took upon himself the administration of his estate.…

1Opinion of the CourtCarutiiers, J.

This bill was filed on the 3d day of May, 1852“, in the Chancery Court at Rutledge, for an account of the estate of Jenkin Whitesides, of whom Thomas Whitesides, the testator of the defendant, Turley, was the administrator.

Jenkin Whitesides died a citizen of Davidson county, in August, 1822, unmarried and without lawful issue. His brother, Thomas, was appointed his administrator on the 22d of October, 1823, and entered into bond with his brothers, William and David, his sureties in the penal sum of $15,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. Thomas Whitesides died in 1851.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Piatt v. VattierSupreme Court of the United States · 1835

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DobbsTennessee Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Hulsing Hotels Tennessee, Inc. v. Steffner (In re Steffner)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2012
  3. Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. v. Cooper (In Re Cooper)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2010
  4. Brett Houghton, Ceree Houghton, Houghton Auto Exchange, Inc. v. Lusk (In Re Lusk)District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2004

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