Grant v. Martin

The appellees, Virgil L. Grant, et ux, filed this original bill against the appellants, Lester Martin, et ux, in the Chancery Court of McNairy County. By their bill, the appellees primarily sought the recission of a transaction involving the sale of real property located in Hardin County. The appellants filed a plea in abatement, challenging the venue of the action, in which they asserted that the proper venue was Hardin County, the situs of the land, and not McNairy County, the residence of the appellants-def endants.

The trial court overruled the plea in abatement and granted the appellants…