Anderson v. Patton
Tennessee Supreme Court
John Anderson instituted an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Carroll county on the 4th day of December, 1834, against Jacob Lowder and William L. Patton for the recovery of the possession of six hundred and forty acres of land lying in the county of Carroll, in range one, section four. The cause was continued from time to time till the March term,' 1837, when it was submitted to a jury, judge Martin presiding.
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John Anderson instituted an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Carroll county on the 4th day of December, 1834, against Jacob Lowder and William L. Patton for the recovery of the possession of six hundred and forty acres of land lying in the county of Carroll, in range one, section four. The cause was continued from time to time till the March term,' 1837, when it was submitted to a jury, judge Martin presiding. The plaintiff read a grant for the land in contra-verSy from the State of Tennessee, bearing date the 7th day of June, 1822, and duly registered in the register’s office of…
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
In two important propositions on the subject of tax sales, when collaterally investigated, all the leading cases in our State agree: first, that it is necessary to the validity of the judgment of condemnation that the grounds of fact upon which the jurisdiction rests should be set forth in such judgment; and secondly, that these grounds of fact necessary to maintain the jurisdiction being shown or averred, the truth of these grounds or the evidence -to establish them need not be shown. As a principle upon which to maintain the first proposition, some of the cases found themselves upon the…
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