AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. WOODS


565 S.W.2d 861 (1978)

AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jayne Ann WOODS, Commissioner of Revenue, State of Tenn. and Henry T. Vance, Jr., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

May 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip North, Nashville, for appellant; Howell & Fisher, Nashville, of counsel.

Davis S. Weed, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellees; Brooks McLemore, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.


OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an action to recover sales taxes and franchise and excise taxes paid under protest by the plaintiff to the defendant Commissioner of Revenue. The Chancery Court heard the case on the merits and rendered a decision in favor of the Commissioner from which the plaintiff appeals.

The disputed taxes were paid by the plaintiff in its capacity as surety on a bond required by T.C.A., § 57-158(3), to be posted by applicants...

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