Legal Opinion

Curtis v. Brannon

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 6, 1897PublishedCited by 18 opinions

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…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Batman v. MegowanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
  2. Conner v. HendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
  3. Pitcher v. LivingstonNew York Supreme Court · 1809
  4. Pollard & Pickett v. DwightSupreme Court of the United States · 1808
  5. Staats v. Executors of Ten EyckNew York Supreme Court · 1805

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Brady v. OliverTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Hicks v. SprankleTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Campbell v. Lewisberg & Northern R. R.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Bremhorst v. Phillips Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1927
  5. Hawkins v. ByrnTennessee Supreme Court · 1923

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