Legal Opinion

McFadden v. Crisler

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1919PublishedCited by 10 opinions

FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the ‘Court of Civil Appeals, from the Supreme Court. — floN. I. H. Peres, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice LaNsdeN

The bill was filed in the chancery court of Shelby count against twenty defendants for the' purpose of having a specific performance of an alleged conveyance of a certain farm situated in Shelby county. The bill was demurred to by the defendants, and the chancellor sustained the demurrer and dismissed the bill. The complainants appealed from'his decree to the court of civil appeals, and in that court the chancellor was affirmed. The case is before us upon a petition for cer-tiorari.

The defendants, twenty in number, bought about sis hundred and thirty-two acres of farm land in Shelby *533county,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Trogden v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  2. Chambers v. SeaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  3. McKellop v. DewitzSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
  4. Brown v. PforrCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  5. Jasper v. WilsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1908

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Crye-Leike, Inc. v. Sarah A. CarverCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2011
  2. Fjelland v. WemhoffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
  3. Hutchinson v. Dobson-Bainbridge Realty Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946
  4. Lazarov v. NunnallyTennessee Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Kelly v. LongmireTennessee Supreme Court · 1969

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