Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 7, 1936PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrownover, J.
This is a contest over property rights in the lands of which 0. Rufus Bennett died seized and possessed.
Robert Allen Bennett, by his next friend, filed the original bill alleging that he was the legitimate child of G. Rufus Bennett and that the appellees G. Rufus Bennett, Jr., and Powler Bennett were illegitimate children of Bennett’s, and asking that he be decreed to be the owner of said real estate.
G. Rufus Bennett, of Putnam county, Tennessee, married Lula White on June 30, 1914. They had one child, Robert Allen Bennett, the complainant, now about fifteen years of age.
Mrs. Lula Bennett…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Blackburn v. CrawfordsSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Pennegar v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- Jennings v. JenningsTennessee Supreme Court · 1932
- Deihl v. JonesTennessee Supreme Court · 1936
- Arnold v. ChesebroughU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1891
3Cited by6 opinions
- Pewitt v. PewittTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
- Riddick v. RiddickCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
- Haury & Smith Realty Co. v. Piccadilly Partners ICourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- Taliaferro v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1951
- Pewitt v. PewittTennessee Supreme Court · 1951
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