Gates v. Brinkley

This litigation begun several years ago by a bill filed by Gates, Wood and McKnight, to be relieved from the payment of several notes given by them to Brinkley for the - rent or lease of cer*711tain property in Memphis, upon the ground that they had been dispossessed of the property by the United States military torces during the late war.

The relief was refused and a decree rendered by the Chancellor against the complainants for the amount of the notes less certain credits. The complainants appealed, and in this Court the decree was modified as to the amount by giving relief as to one of the…