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Business Associations -- 1957 Tennessee Survey, F. Hodge O'Neal

Vanderbilt Law Review

Very little happened in the field of Business Associations during the survey period. The General Assembly enacted one fairly important set of amendments to the Securities Law, and the Tennessee appellate courts handed down two or three decisions which in a large part merely reiterated principles of corporation law already well-established in this state.

Amendments to the Securities Law Broadening Grounds for Refusing or Revoking Registration of Securities: The Securities Law of 1955 among other things set up a procedure for the registration of securities intended for sale and gave the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking authority to investigate the …

Business Associations -- 1956 Tennessee Survey, F. Hodge O'Neal

Vanderbilt Law Review

Surprisingly few cases were decided in the field of Business Associations during the survey period. Those decisions for the most part merely reaffirmed legal principles already established in Tennessee law. One of the cases, Wyatt v. Brown,' raised again the interesting old question of what is a partnership and what factual elements are necessary to constitute the partnership relation. This article discusses that question first and then comments rather briefly on the other cases and the principles they enunciate.