Evans v. Belmont Land Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Davidson County.' AndRew Allison, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtLurton, C. J.
This is a bill of ejectment. The lot in controversy is known as Ho. 64 in the O. B. Hayes plan of lots. The bill is filed for the purpose of canceling certain deeds affecting •complainant’s claim of title, and to recover possession, the lot being adversely held by the defendant. The title of complainant rests upon a judg'ment in favor of W. H. Evans, the husband of complainant, against Henry M. Hayes, and a levy and Sheriff’s sale of the lot as the property of ■said Hayes. The lot was bid in by the execution •creditor, who afterward assigned his bid to his wife, in consideration of an alleged…
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