South Memphis Land Co. v. Memphis Interurban Co.

The bill alleges that complainant, being the owner of a large body of land lying immediately south of the corporate limits of the city of Memphis, which had been platted into several subdivisions, conveyed, on the 28th day of February, 1909, a right of way over and across its lands to the Lakeview Traction Company, and that contemporaneously therewith a contract was entered into between the parties which, with the deed for the right of way, constitute one instrument. The deed for the right of way reads:

‘ ‘ That for and in consideration of the sum of $5, and and other good and valuable…