Lasater v. Cumberland Coal Corporation

Claiming that she was the only child and heir-at-law of W. H. Mansfield, deceased, Beuna (Mansfield) Lasater filed the bill in this case for the purpose of having declared void, for fraud and lack of process and proper parties, a decree of sale, and sale of certain lands located in Sequatchie County owned by her father, W. H. Mansfield.

The bill was filed in the Chancery Court of Sequatchie County and transferred for trial to the Chancery Court of Hamilton County. Proof was heard, including the title papers covering the lands involved, and, at the final hearing, the Chancellor dismissed the…