Bennett v. Stuart

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Settle

— Reversing.

Owing to the numerous transactions injected into the record and the methods of presenting them employed in the pleadings and proof, we have found it difficult to obtain an intelligent conception of the matters in controversy between the parties to this action, but without resorting to unnecessary detail it may be said that the large body of Carter County land, approximating 10,700. acres, constituting the bone of contention in this litigation was originally owned by a corporation called the Lexington & Carter County Mining Company, which,…