Legal Opinion

Northcut v. Church

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 18 opinions

FROM GRUNDY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Grundy County —Y. C. Allen, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil

Complainants L. H. Northcut, and the heirs of H L. Raulston, deceased, claim the mineral interest in 177 acres of a tract of 200 acres, and the whole interest in twenty-three acres, the residue of the 200 acres. The defendants claim under one Francis Church to whom a grant of 5,000 acres of land was made in 1831. This grant included within its boundaries, but excluded from its operation, “100 acres belonging to one A. Higginbotham entered June 25, 1831, by No. 3083.” The *544complainants claim under one W. E. Nunnely, through a deed made by him to one J. M. Nunnely, and by the latter to…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Westmoreland N. Gas Co. v. DeWittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  2. Lillibridge v. Lackawanna Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  3. Murray v. AllredTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Wallace v. Elm Grove Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Coal & Iron Co. v. CoppingerTennessee Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Cardwell v. BechtolTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Bodcaw Lumber Co. v. GoodeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
  3. Southern Coal & Iron Co. v. SchwoonTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Wallace v. HoytCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  5. Luse v. ParmerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920

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