Polk v. Mitchell

L. Lehman, Sp. J.

The original bill in this cause was preferred by O. B. Polk in the Chancery Court of Shelby on the 5th day of August, 1878, for himself and as trustee of the heirs of J. J. Polk, deceased, who are all named, and by James and John Roper and others, their tenants on the land in controversy in this suit, against the children and heirs of William P. Mitchell, Sr., deceased, and especially Edward B. Carroll and William P. Mitchell, Jr.

The original bill asserts that said Oscar B. Polk, trustee, is the owner in fee of two tracts of land in Shelby County, containing respectively…