Hunt v. McClanahan
Tennessee Supreme Court
Tbe petition mentioned in the opinion, sets 'forth that the petitioners were counsel and solicitors for the complainant; that the object of the bill was to perfect and maintain the title to a tract of land, purchased by complainant from defendants, heirs of Robert McClanahan, and to enjoin the sale of the land, under a fraudulent judgment obtained by defendant, Philip, as administrator of said Robert McClanahan.
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Tbe petition mentioned in the opinion, sets 'forth that the petitioners were counsel and solicitors for the complainant; that the object of the bill was to perfect and maintain the title to a tract of land, purchased by complainant from defendants, heirs of Robert McClanahan, and to enjoin the sale of the land, under a fraudulent judgment obtained by defendant, Philip, as administrator of said Robert McClanahan. The original case shows that the lands were in possession of complainant, under deeds from the heirs. Petitioners cited Bead v. Bostick, 6 Hum., 323; Cross on the Law of Lien, 32 Law…
1Opinion of the CourtNelsoN, J.
On a former day of the present term, a decree was pronounced in this case in favor of the complainant, for the tract of land in the pleadings mentioned, and a petition was presented by James P. Swann, R. M. Barton and It. McFarland, representing, among other things, that they were solicitors of complainant in the court below, and in this court, and had rendered valuable professional services to him; that he has removed to a distant part of the State, and is either insolvent or so embarrassed in his circumstances, that he cannot pay the fees; that but for their .services the land would have…
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