SHEPARD v. LANIER


241 S.W.2d 587 (1951)

SHEPARD et al. v. LANIER et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

On Petition to Rehear June 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Turley, Jr., Memphis, for appellants.

W. Curtis Pope, W. C. Rodgers, Memphis, for appellees.


BURNETT, Justice.

The question here presented and its factual background is well stated by the Court of Appeals as follows:

"This appeal presents a question of when the cause of action on a judgment accrues within the meaning of Code Section 8601, providing that `actions * * * on judgments and decrees of courts of record of this or any other State or government * * shall be commenced within ten years after the cause of action accrued.'

"The present...

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