Curtis v. Brannon
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Davidson County. Thos. H. Malone, Cb.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
This is a bill of review. In the year 1885 the complainant, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, sold and conveyed to the defendant, W. D. Bran-non, a 'small building lot in the city of Nashville, at the price of $900. The deed executed contained *155a covenant of seizin in fee, and the vendee went into actual possession. He improved the lot, and is still in possession. In a litigation between other parties about a tract of land including this lot, the Court, at its December term, 1892, in construing a certain devise, adjudged that one Overton, whose deed constituted a link in the title of Mrs. Curtis to this…
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