Nelson v. Walls Properties, Inc.

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

This is “a boundary line dispute.” See T.C.A. § 16-11-106. The issue presented for our determination is whether the plaintiff, Nelson, is estopped to maintain this action by reason of the judgment in an action of ejectment brought in 1965 by him and his wife, Bessie Human Nelson, against Wesley Cook, Joe LaRue, Otis LaRue, and Ziola LaRue York, the predecessors in title of defendant, Walls Properties, Inc. On motion for summary judgment, the Chancellor held that the plaintiff was estopped by the former judgment and dismissed the action. The Court of Appeals…