Any instruments first registered or noted for registration shall have preference over one of earlier date, but noted for registration afterwards; unless it is proved in a court of equity, according to the rules of the court, that the party claiming under the subsequent instrument had full notice of the previous instrument.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-26-105
Priority of registered instruments
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case ATS, INC. v. Kent (1998)
Most recently applied in Milledgeville United Methodist Church v. Jimmy G. Melton (September 2012)
Code 1858, § 2074 (deriv
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