⚖️ Court of Appeals of Tennessee

This case involves the appeal of an action for possession of property initially filed in general sessions court. On appeal to the circuit court, the trial court dismissed the appellant's counterclaims...

In this divorce, the trial court evenly divided the marital estate and denied the wife's request for alimony. It also ordered wife to pay the attorney's fees and costs of a third party. On appeal, the...

This case originated in general sessions court with the filing of a pro se civil warrant. The defendant also filed a cross-complaint against the plaintiff. The plaintiff's civil warrant was quickly di...

Mother and Father appeal the termination of their parental rights to their three children. The trial court found, relying on the doctrine of res judicata, that the ground of severe child abuse support...

This is an action against the former attorney-in-fact of the decedent for breach of fiduciary duties and conversion. The trial court granted summary judgment against the attorney-infact and awarded da...

This appeal concerns a petition to terminate the parental rights of a mother and a putative father. The trial court found by clear and convincing evidence that several grounds for termination had been...

This is an appeal from a final order entered on March 17, 2023. The notice of appeal was not filed with the Appellate Court Clerk until June 5, 2023, more than thirty days from the date of entry of th...

A limited liability company filed suit in relation to a piece of real property for which the company had executed an agreement to purchase. Although closing did not occur by the time stated in the exe...

In this will contest initiated by four of the testator's grandchildren, the trial court determined that the execution of the testator's will met the statutory requirements for admitting the will to pr...

This appeal concerns the validity and enforceability of an oral loan agreement between former business partners. Because Appellant's brief fails to comply with Rule 27 of the Tennessee Rules of Appell...

In denying appellees' motion to remove an estate's personal representative, the trial court adopted appellees' proposed findings of fact verbatim and proposed conclusions of law "to the degree they [w...

This is a termination of parental rights case. Appellant/Mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to the three minor children on the ground of severe child abuse and on the trial court's ...

In this real property dispute, the trial court rejected the plaintiffs' assertions that they were entitled to an easement over the land of the defendant. Among other things, the trial court held that ...

In this child custody case, the record transmitted on appeal creates significant doubt as to whether the trial court's final order represents its own deliberations and decision. Due to this concern, a...

This is a negligence and premises liability action. One of the defendants, Appellee property owner, filed a motion for summary judgment three days after answering and before any discovery was schedule...

The petitioner, Crystal Gregoire, appeals from the Circuit Court of Lawrence County's dismissal of her petition for post-conviction relief. Following review, we affirm the judgment of the post-convict...

The plaintiff filed a complaint against two parties in general sessions court. One defendant was served, but the other was not. Judgment was entered against the served defendant. Seven months later, t...

The notice of appeal filed by the Appellant, Myan Joy Spear, stated that the Appellant was appealing the judgment entered on February 15, 2023. As the orders appealed from do not constitute a final ap...

Appellant appeals the dismissal of his claims related to foreclosed property, asserting that he was the true, legal, and lawful owner of the property. Because of serious deficiencies in Appellant's br...

Appellant attorney appeals the denial of his request for attorney's fees to be paid from the estate of a ward in a conservatorship proceeding. The trial court denied the request on the bases that the ...