Williams v. Wilson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Wilson entered a caveat in the office of the principal, surveyor of the fifth district, to prevent Williams from obtaining a grant from the state of Tennessee for one acre of land, lying in the town of Knoxville, and county of Knox, being lots No. 55 and 56, as designated in the original plan of said town; which acre of land Wilson claimed in fee; and upon which, an entry had been made on the 5th day of July, 1818, by said Williams.
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Wilson entered a caveat in the office of the principal, surveyor of the fifth district, to prevent Williams from obtaining a grant from the state of Tennessee for one acre of land, lying in the town of Knoxville, and county of Knox, being lots No. 55 and 56, as designated in the original plan of said town; which acre of land Wilson claimed in fee; and upon which, an entry had been made on the 5th day of July, 1818, by said Williams. The principal surveyor filed the caveat, and the plat and certificate of the survey of said Williams, in the county court of Knox, whence it was removed, by…
1Opinion of the CourtCatron, J.
The two town lots of one half of an acre each, were granted in a grant of 640 acres to Elisha Baker, in 1787, and conveyed by the grantee to White in 1791.
James White again caused the land to be granted to himself and William Blount in 1791; and. again to himself in 1803. The three grants cover the lands in controversy, being lots No. 55 and 56 in the town of Knoxville.
On the 2d day of May, 1794, the lot No. 56 was conveyed in fee by James White to Robert Johnston.
On the 13th June, 1795, the lot No. 55 was vested in Johnston in fee by the deed of John M’Dowell.
At the time these conveyances…
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