Rogers' lessee v. Cawood
Tennessee Supreme Court
This action of ejectment was tried at the September term, 1850, of the circuit court for Claiborne county, Anderson, R. M., Judge, presiding, when there was judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed in error. The facts are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. The-sales made by the sheriff were void. That made after the return day of the several writs is unquestionably void.
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This action of ejectment was tried at the September term, 1850, of the circuit court for Claiborne county, Anderson, R. M., Judge, presiding, when there was judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed in error. The facts are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. The-sales made by the sheriff were void. That made after the return day of the several writs is unquestionably void. Overton'vs. Perkins; 10 Yerg. 328. The other sale is void, because according to the return of the sheriff it was made on Sunday-, and although the deed executed by the sheriff recites that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Totten J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of ejectment, in the circuit court of Claiborne, for 800 acres of land; and at the September term, 1850, upon a trial thereof, the verdict and judgment were for the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed in error, to this court.
The lessors of the plaintiff having shown title, in Stephen Cawood, senior, deceased, proceed to deraign title from him to themselves. They produce in evidence the will of said Stephen Cawood: — then, several deeds to one James Rogers, purporting to he executed by the children of said testator, and who…
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