Perkins v. M'gavock
Tennessee Supreme Court
Chancery. The bill charged that the complainant and defendant held eight hundred acres of land as tenants in common on which there was a valuable spring, and that the defendant represented that should an equal division of quantity take place the spring would fall in the western part.
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Chancery. The bill charged that the complainant and defendant held eight hundred acres of land as tenants in common on which there was a valuable spring, and that the defendant represented that should an equal division of quantity take place the spring would fall in the western part. That the partition did take place, and that the complainant gave the defendant for a choice of parts a horse worth one hundred dollars and his note for two hundred and fifty dollars more, believing that the spring, from the representation of the de-defendant, would be in the western division, which was chosen by…
1Opinion of the CourtOveRTON, J.
delivered the following resolution of the Court. By the proof it appears that on running the divisional line agreeably to the partition, the spring will fall six poles'within the eastern half; but there is no evidence that the defendant or his agent represented the spring would be within the western division, nor is there any proof of conversations or facts tending to show that the defendant or his agent knew the spring would not fall in that division.
Under the circumstances of this case the Court cannot perceive that there is any ground upon which the complainant can be relieved. Mr. Randal…
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