Brashear v. Cumberland Case Co.

The complainants filed this bill on December 28, 1946 and alleged that they were the owners and entitled to the possession of a tract of land in Coffee County, Tennessee, containing 140 acres and that the defendant Cumberland Case Company on or about August 1, 1946, took possession of a part of this land, appropriating the rents and cutting and removing valuable timber therefrom, claiming title through a deed from the codefendant Altamont Land Company. The bill prayed that complainants be put in possession of the land, that defendants’ muniment of title be declared void and that they be given…