Ford v. Hurt
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MAD-ISON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Madison County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by writ of certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. ■ — N. R. Barham, Circuit Judge, sitting as Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The bill in this case was filed by complainants,' as the sole existing claimants of a contingent remainder estate in a valuable tract of land in Madison county, asserting their said right under the will of their great-grandfather, J. H. Day, subject to a life estate of their grandmother, M. A. Ford, yet living, by which will the lands in question were devised “at the death of Mary A. Ford to be equally divided among such children or the representatives of them as she may leave surviving her, and should she leave no child or children or the representatives of them surviving her, then the said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nichols v. GuthrieTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Eaton v. KeatonTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
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