Gemmell v. Powers

Holt, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court..

The Bank of Bristol was a Tennessee corporation doing business in Bristol, Tennessee. In October, 1930, in the Circuit Court of Washington county, it obtained a judgment against Thomas Gemmell and others in the sum of $10,000, with interest from February 25, 1930, together with a ten per cent attorney’s fee. This bank went into the hands of a receiver on April 28, 1932. By proceedings in the chancery court at Bristol, Tennessee, all of its assets were sold to H. W. Powers, R. J. Mottern, and H. G. Noifsinger, trustees for the Bank of Bristol, for…