The Tennessee Court of Appeals rules that a corporation may not avoid a finding of contempt or circumvent an injunction by leasing property to a third party. The trial court had found that a Carthage business was in violation of the county zoning ordinance and had enjoined the continued use of the property as a
A Memphis-area arbitration panel awarded residential homebuilder David Clark Construction contract damages and attorney fees Wednesday in a dispute closely-watched by the regional construction industry. Clark is the immediate past president of the Memphis Area Home Builders Association. In its binding opinion, the panel determined that the homeowners had breached the construction contract by changing the standards
A prenuptial agreement executed immediately before marriage was determined to be enforceable against a widow claiming a share of her deceased husband’s estate. The trial court found that the widow entered into the agreement “freely, knowledgeably, and in good faith” even though she testified that she only saw a part of the document and that