Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Dillard
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 2, 1970PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMatherne, J.
The complainant Ernest Morgan filed suit in Chancery to establish fee simple title, to an 8.44 acre tract- of land in Madison County, Tennessee.
Complainant is a child of Joe Morgan and wife Ellen Morgan. Joe and Ellen Morgan died intestate in the year 1923 at which time they owned the land in dispute. The defendants to this suit are all the other heirs at law of Joe and Ellen Morgan.
The thrust of complainant’s Original Bill is that he has held exclusive and uninterrupted possession of the land since the death of his parents; he has paid the taxes thereon during this period; he has received…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Drewery v. NelmsTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Eckhardt v. EckhardtCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1957
- Burns v. HeaderickTennessee Supreme Court · 1886
- Schlickling v. Georgia Conference Ass'n Seventh-Day AdventistsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1961
- Hill v. HillCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1965
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Livesay v. KeatonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Hallmark v. TidwellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
- Brown v. DalyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- Walker v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1987
- Arthur B. Roberts v. Robert BaileyTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
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