Any instruments not so registered, or noted for registration, shall be null and void as to existing or subsequent creditors of, or bona fide purchasers from, the makers without notice.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-103
Unregistered instruments void as to creditors and bona fide purchasers
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case McAllester v. Aldridge (In Re Anderson) (1983)
Most recently applied in 973 F. Supp. 2d 820 - Martin v. Performance Boat Brokerage.com, LLC (September 2013)
Code 1858, § 2075 (deriv
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