Vaughan v. Cravens
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM HAMILTON. This cause was tried in tbe Chancery Court at Harrison. A decree was rendered at tbe July Term, 1858, for tbe defendants. Yan Dyke, Chancellor, presiding. Tbe complainant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Wright, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.
The bill in this case, is filed to recover from tbe defendants, compensation for certain improvements, which the complainant alleges be made upon their lands under a lease which was void, because not in writing. ■ Tbe Chancellor dismissed bis bill, and be has appealed to this Court. The lands were used for mining purposes, in getting coal from certain ore beds.
Tbe defendant, Cravens, owned one-sixteenth of tbe lands, as a tenant in common, with tbe other defendants, who owned tbe residue. And it is very clear, from this record, that whatever…
2Cited by1 opinion
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