Johnson v. Breeding
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM PUTNAM. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Putnam County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court— A. H. Eobeets, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The bill of complaint was filed by the minor children of J. L. Johnson, by a next friend, to have canceled as a cloud on their title a deed executed by their father in which he conveyed to Breeding his expectancy as an heir apparent in the realty of his mother, complainants’ grandmother, Fannie Johnson.
It appears that this deed was executed in good faith, based on a fair valuable consideration,* and was one of general warranty. J. L. Johnson predeceased his mother, and it is the contention of complainants that thereby his expectancy failed of realization; and, instead, the estate that he…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Habig v. DodgeIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Taylor v. SwaffordTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
- Bohon v. BohonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1880
- Robbins's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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