Hopkins' Heirs v. Calloway
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM M’MINN. This cause was heard before Chancellor Seth J. "W. Luckey, at the August Term, 1860. The Chancellor dismissed complainants’ bill; from which order dismissing their bill they have appealed to this Court.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge Andrews, J.
The bill in this cause was filed on the 30th day of June, 1858, in. the Chancery Court, at Athens, in the name of a great number of persons alleged to be heirs-*39at-law of Thomas Hopkins, deceased, against Thomas H. Calloway and others, in relation to the title to a valuable tract of land, forming an island in Tennessee River, and known as Jolly’s Island.
It is charged, that Thomas Hopkins, who died in 1836, was the owner of said lands; and various grants and mesne conveyances, together with many years of adverse possession, are set forth and charged as establishing a legal title in him; and…
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