Sully v. Childress
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WASHINGTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Washington County. JoiiN P. Smith, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlister, J.
This bill was filed to collect balance due on a note for $750 executed by defendants, I>. F. Childress and J. Ii. Preas, to the Carnegie Land Co., and by the latter company indorsed to Alfred Sully, the present complainant. This note was part of the consideration to be paid by Childress and Preas for four lots purchased by them from the Carnegie Land Co., for" the sum of $3,000. Two deeds were executed and a lien retained by the company for the balance of purchase money.
It appears that at the time Preas and Chil-dress received these deeds from the land company they had negotiated a sale of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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