Mattix v. Swepston
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBt., ■ Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by writ of certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lansden
This case is before us upon petition of.the defendant, Swepston, for writs of certiorari to the judgment of the court of civil appeals. The only question for determination is whether the cause of action asserted by the declaration against the defendant is local or transitory.
A brief statement of the case made in the declaration is that the plaintiffs bought a boundary of timber in Crittenden county, Ark., from one Maudlin. The .contract of purchase gave the plaintiffs five years in, which to cut and remove the timber, and also granted to them a right of way over adjacent lands of Maudlin, for…
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