Slatton v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & R. R.

The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company has; appealed from the decree pronounced against it in> these consolidated cases. ..

*417The action is in ejectment, and involves the title- and right of possession of a tract of land in Marion c-onnty. The facts fonnd by the court of chancery appeals, speaking through Judge Wilson, are as follows : Slatton claims title under a deed from David Melton, dated March 11, 1875, and possession thereunder for over twenty years. Melton purchased the land by deed from M. M. Kilgore and R. Lane, February 24, 1874. Shortly after his purchase in March,. 1875, from…