McCay v. Jenkins

BOULDIN, Justice.

In 1938, J. J. Jenkins, appellee, a resident of Etowah County, owned a tract of land in Blount County; and on May 13, 1938, sold to appellant, Herman W. McCay, a resident of Blount County, four forties and a fraction of twelve acres in an adjoining forty, being the south portion of the Jenkins tract. A deed was executed describing the lands by government subdivisions, and a fraction thereof, and the purchase money, $1,775, was paid in cash.

The lands sold and conveyed may be more readily envisioned by a free-hand drawing here shown:

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