PRESLEY v. CITY OF MEMPHIS


769 S.W.2d 221 (1988)

Priscilla PRESLEY, Joseph A. Hanks, and National Bank of Commerce, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Elvis Presley, and Jerry Weintraub, doing business as Management III, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, Tennessee; Shelby County, Tennessee; and the Coliseum Board, By and through its members, Glen Hunt, James E. Harwood, Joe Stephenson, Don K. Sunquist, and Frank Barton, Defendants-Appellants, State of Tennessee ex rel. Harlan Mathews, Treasurer, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1989.

Permission to Appeal Denied April 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd C. Kirkland, Jr., Memphis, for plaintiffs-appellees.

James W. McDonnell, Jr., and Thomas J. Walsh, Jr., Memphis, Wildman, Harrold, Allen, Dixon & McDonnell, for defendants-appellants.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Charles L. Lewis, Deputy Atty. Gen., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court April 3, 1989.

HIGHERS, Judge.

This action originated in the Chancery Court at Shelby County. The State of Tennessee and the Coliseum Board are appealing from the trial court's order distributing certain unclaimed ticket proceeds.

The facts of this case are, for the most part, not in dispute. On August 10, 1977, plaintiff Jerry Weintraub d/b/a Management III (hereinafter "Management III"), concert promoter...

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