Legal Opinion

Richmond v. Boyd

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1914Published

FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. —T. M. McConnell, Jludge.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil

The bill was originally filed against A. W. Boyd and his son A. W. Boyd, Jr., and H. 0. Nelson, but the case was abandoned at the hearing as to all except the first mentioned.

The bill charged in substance that complaint leased a certain storehouse to Willard Bros. & Holt, a partnership, for five years; that this concern was converted into a corporation, and the lease was assigned to the latter; that subsequently so much of this lease as covered the ground floor of the building was, with the consent of the lessor, transferred to defendant Nelson, doing business under the name of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Crosthwait v. RossTennessee Supreme Court · 1839
  2. Furnish v. BurgeTennessee Supreme Court · 1898

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