Williams v. Land

Me. Justice- DeHaven

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Complainant filed his original hill herein under the Declaratory Judgments Law of Tennessee (Code 8835-8847) seeking a decree declaring him to be the owner in fee of a tract of land containing about 90 acres in Lincoln County, Tennessee, and to be entitled to the immediate possession of the same.

Under the will of W. T. Land, deceased, the defendant, Elvy Land, as trustee, held title to the land in question for Roy Land, with remainder to his children and descendants of children or to the other children of the testator should Roy Land die…