Boyd v. Hunt

The complainants are the owners of the south part of lot 237, on Main Street, in Memphis, while the defendants, Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Phelan, are owners of the northern part of the same lot, and both parties trace their titles back to a common source — one W. B. Greenlaw. The original deed from Greenlaw, under which complainants claim, was made on January 7, 1851, and described the lot now owned by them in these words: “Beginning on Main Street (the east side of Main Street at the southwest corner of the lot 237), running thence east 100 feet on a line parallel with Main Street to — foot alley;…