Legal Opinion

Wright v. Jackson Construction Co.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1917PublishedCited by 22 opinions

FROM MADISON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison county. — J. W. Eoss, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the Court

• Mr. Chief Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendants contend that the finding on issue No. 2 settles the whole controversy against the complainant. Standing alone, or considered apart from other matters, it necessarily does, because in response to that issue the jury found there was nothing due the complainant on the contract on which he sued. But there were other issues, with the responses of the jury thereto, some of which were set aside by the chancellor, on motion for new trial by the parties. *148Among these was issue No. 4, which presented the inquiry whether there was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Perkins v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Continental National Bank v. First National BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Stevenson v. EwingTennessee Supreme Court · 1888
  4. McElya v. HillTennessee Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Madison Trust Co. v. StahlmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Ken Gardner Ford Sales, Inc. (In Re Ken Gardner Ford Sales, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1981
  2. Third Nat. Bank v. American Equitable Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
  3. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. BurtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Nashville Union Stockyards, Inc. v. GrissimCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1930
  5. Peck-Williamson Heating & Ventilating Co. v. McKnight & MerzTennessee Supreme Court · 1918

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