Montlake Coal Co. v. Chattanooga Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— W. B. G-ARviN, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The hill of complaint as originally filed by the Mont-lake Coal Company, as lessee under the Chattanooga Company, Limited, was to obtain a rescission of the lease contract which covered a large and valuable boundary of coal lands, near the city of Chattanooga. The defendant interposed a demurrer attacking the complainant’s asserted right to the remedy of rescission. Thereupon the lessee company filed an amended and supplemental bill embracing other allegations and a prayer for relief, so as 'to seek, in the alternative, *442a reformation of the contract of lease and to recover damages for a…
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