Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Hawks

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 2, 1949PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil

The complainant Edwards as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the estate of Fannie Mattox filed his original hill in the Chancery Court to have homestead and dower assigned to the said Bankrupt. It is charged in the hill that he was duly appointed Trustee of the said Fannie Mattox when she filed her petition in bankruptcy in the U. S. District Court and that he files the bill at the direction of the said Court. It appears from the record that J. B. Mattox died intestate in 1934, and was survived by his widow Fannie Mattox and a daughter, Willie Joe. On March 12, 1934, letters of administration upon his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. North v. PuckettTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Bryan v. ZarecorTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Wyrick v. HaleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
  4. Barton v. GeilerTennessee Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Roten v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1960
  2. American National Bank & Trust Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
  3. In re MadduxDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1949
  4. Fannie Maddux v. Roscoe L. Edwards, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
  5. In Re: Estate of John J. Goza v. James M. Wells, IIICourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2013

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