Dunn v. Eaton
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Shelby Comity. W. D. Beard, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlister, J.
This is an ejectment bill to recover an undivided one-third interest in -six acres of land lying along the south side of Vance Street, 'in the city of Memphis. The land in controversy is part of a tract of two hundred and forty-three acres originally owned by Dr. Dudley Dunn. By a codicil to his will, dated January 3, 1847, Dr. Dunn devised all the residue of his estate, embracing this two hundred and forty-three acre tract, to his three children, Camilla E. DuBose, William D. Dunn, and David L. Dunn, to have and to hold the same during their natural lives, and from and after their deaths he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fletcher v. FullerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- State of Texas v. BruniCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
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