Brown v. Berry
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. This cause was heard by F. B. Fogg, Special Chancellor, at the October Term, 1867, who pronounced a decree in favor of complainant; from which the respondent appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenry G. Smith, J.
Cynthia Brown exhibits this bill against W. W. Berry, to injoin him from obstructing her right of way, over his land, to the highway. Berry denies — first, that she has the right of way; and, second, that his acts, of which complaint is made, are such an obstruction of the way as authorizes her to complain.
In 1842, Barrow was the' owner of the tract of land now held by the complainant, and of the tract now held by the defendant. In June, 1842, Barrow conveyed the land of complainant to Saunders, and soon after, the land of the defendant to Douglass. The estate of the complainant, is an estate…
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