Gulley v. Hurley

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

The defendant Harvey Hurley owned a farm in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Mrs. Laura Henshaw owned a life estate in another farm in that county. Both had been awarded allotments for the growing of burley tobacco. These two farms were combined for the purpose of agricultural allotments. Regulations Governing Reconstitution of Farms. Allotments and Bases, 29 F.R. 13370, as amended.

After Mrs. Henshaw’s death, the plaintiff, Mr. Gulley, purchased that farm from the owners of the remainder interest and, on June 5, 1968, applied to have the combined…