Legal Opinion

Matthews v. Capshaw

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1902PublishedCited by 13 opinions

FROM PUTNAM. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Putnam County. T. J. Fisher,, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shields

Complainants, children and devisees of Lawrence Matthews, deceased, bring this bill to assert their title in remainder upon the falling in of the estate of their mother, Mrs. Agnes Matthews, for her own life, now outstanding, in certain valuable lots in *483Cookeville, Term., and to have declared void and inoperative, a deed made by Mrs. Matthews, purporting to convey the property in fee to Simeon Hynds.

Lawrence Matthews made his will in 1860, and died in 1874, the owner of real and personal property including that in question, and leaving Agnes Matthews, his widow, and complainants (twelve in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fitzgerald v. StandishTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Guarantee & Trust Co. v. JonesTennessee Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Miller v. MillerTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Hamilton v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
  3. Black v. PettigrewCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1953
  4. Williams v. ColdwellTennessee Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Cross v. Buskirk-Rutledge Lumber Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1917

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