Hoyal v. Bryson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM RHEA. Appeal from the decree of the Chancery Court, March Term, 1871. D. M. Key, Ch. 1. The relief granted by the Chancellor tyas not only not prayed for, but is in conflict with the special prayer and object of the bill. 2. The Chancellor was satisfied that the case set up in the bill was not made out by proof, and the answers disclose no equity upon which to base a decree, therefore no relief can be given: citing 4 Sneed, 624, 638; 8 Hum., 230.
1Opinion of the CourtFeeemAN, J.
The bill is filed in this case to remove a cloud from the alleged title of complainant by declaring a deed ■ made in 1865, from Abraham Bryson to his daughter Hannah, void, as being voluntary and fraudulent as to creditors.
The bill alleges that complainant had in June, 1867, obtained judgment against the said A. Bryson, before a justice of the peace, for $192.68, had execution issued thereon and levied on the land; the papers returned to the Circuit Court, the land ordered to be sold by that court; that the Sheriff sold the same, and complainant purchased it for the amount of his debt and…
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