Legal Opinion

Wright v. Lincoln County Bank

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 30, 1970PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPuryear, J.

This appeal involves construction and application of an “open-end” provision for future advancements contained in a deed of trust executed by the complainant and others to secure payment of an indebtedness to the defendant, Lincoln County Bank, to which we will refer herein as “the bank.”

The salient facts of the ease, as we find them to be, are as follows:

At the time of the transaction in question here the complainant and his two brothers, Carl and Jesse Wright, owned, as tenants in common, a tract or parcel of land in the Seventeenth Civil District of Lincoln County, Tennessee, upon which…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Petty v. SloanTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1939
  3. First v. ByrneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
  4. Murdock Acceptance Corporation v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1961

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Rogers v. First Tennessee Bank National Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
  2. Third National Bank v. Johnson (In Re Johnson)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1981
  3. In Re BatesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1983
  4. In Re LemkaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1996
  5. Johnson v. Midland Bank and Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986

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