Legal Opinion

Buchanan v. Nixon

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1931PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chambliss

The pleadings in this cause present a controversy over the ownership of a narrow strip of land, some twenty-one inches in width, a part of a lot fronting east fifty feet on Georgia. Avenue, in the City of Chattanooga, the record title to which has been in Nixon for many years. Mrs. Buchanan purchased in 1910 a lot on the corner of Georgia Avenue and Payne Streets, fronting north thirty-two feet on Payne Street, and extending south along Georgia Avenue, according to the deed, 100-5/12 feet, its rear or south line being the north line of the Nixon lot. The Chancellor found, and the record…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kirkman v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Erck v. ChurchTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Williams v. HewittTennessee Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Cumulus Broadcasting, Inc. v. ShimTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Staten v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  3. O'Brien v. WaggonerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1936
  4. Moore v. BrannanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1957
  5. Rorebeck v. CristeCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1965

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