Pinkerton v. Turman

The hill in this cause was filed in the Chancery Court of Williamson County, Tennessee, by Joe Pinkerton, Substituted Trustee under the will of J. T. Morton deceased against all of the heirs at law and next of kin of the said Morton and his wife, Mary Ellen Morton, also deceased, seeking a sale of the real estate owned by J. T. Morton, and for the construction of his will.

The defendants were very numerous. Many of the heirs at law and next of kin of J. T. Morton filed answers in which they deny that the heirs and next of kin of Mrs. Mary Ellen Morton take any part in the estate. The answers…