Woodfolk v. Cornwell
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM JACKSOK. This cause was heard before Goodall, J., at the March Term, 1858. Verdict, and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
McKinNey, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court..
This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit.. The question presented for our determination is, mainly, one of boundary.
The .plaintiff claims, under a conveyance from the-heirs of Hardy Murfree. The ..proof shows, that on the-13th ’ of October, 1791, one Harney, who was the grantee of a tract of 7200 acres, from the State of North Carolina, conveyed to H. Murfree 1440 acres lying in the southwest corner of said grant. Said conveyance calls to begin at a large sugar tree, the southwest corner of the Harney grant; thence along the line of…
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