Woods v. Bonner
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SEQUATCHIE. Appeal from Chancery Court of Sequatchie County. W. H. DeWitt, Sp. Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
TMs is an action of ejectment, 'brought in the Chancery Court of Sequatchie County, by G-eorge Bruce and the heirs of William Wyatt, deceased. They deraign title (Bruce to one-fifth and the other complainants to four-fifths undivided interest) through several mesne conveyances back to grant Ro. 3379, issued to Lewis Scarlett in 1834 for 5,000 acres. The defendants claim under certain deeds and adverse possession connecting them with junior grants Ros. 7914, 7915, and 10215, aggregating 5,000 acres in one body — the first two issued to Thomas Montgomery in 1840, and the last to Jacob Woodlee…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Applegate v. Lexington & Carter County Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
3Cited by26 opinions
- Ferguson v. PrinceTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- Cottrell v. DanielCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
- Battle v. ClaiborneTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Charleston, South Carolina, Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. American Agricultural Chemical Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- King v. ColemanTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
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