Wilson v. Davidson County

The Chanoellos :

On demurrer. Under a decree of "this court in the case of The State of Tennessee v. Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad Company and others, the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad, “including the right of way, road-bed, rails, depots, rolling-stock, and, in short, .all the property of every description, real and personal, of said railroad company,” was, in the year 1871, sold to the •defendants, and others not sued, the sale confirmed, and title vested in them. In November, 1871, these purchasers entered into a written contract with the American Contract Company to sell to the latter,…