Starnes v. Hatcher
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Williamson County. — John Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beard
The hill in this cause was filed by the complainants, Hugh S. Starnes and his sister, Esta Rosa Newsom, praying for specific performance of a contract, which they alleged was made by Samuel W. Starnes, the intestate of the defendant Henry Hatcher, and the ancestor of certain of his codefendants, by which the deceased obligated himself to adopt these two complainants, and at his death leave to them his estate, both real and personal. The bill was dismissed on demurrer, and the case is before us on assignment of error to this action of the chancellor.
*333The facts alleged hy the hill, and as snch…
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