Legal Opinion

Waters v. Hutton

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1886PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Blount County. December Term, 1885. W. B. Staley, Oh.

1Opinion of the CourtLurton, J.

The bill charges that complainant purchased from defendants a farm, consisting of five distinct, but adjoining, tracts of land; that these several tracts, by apt description, were conveyed to him by the defendants by deed containing covenants of seizin and general warranty. The bill further charges that the title has failed as to four acres and a fraction of one of the tracts, and as to sixty, acres of another; that both of these parcels, of four acres and sixty acres, belong to third persons, and at the time of the sale and conveyance to complainant were adversely holden by such third…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Rich v. ScalesTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Smith v. GrizzardTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Young v. WeakleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Acuff v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1945
  5. Evins v. PriceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1971

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