Legal Opinion

Boro v. Hidell

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1909PublishedCited by 31 opinions

FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County. — ' A. B. Pittman, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Neil

The bill in this case was filed to recover a half interest in forty-three acres of land lying on the Pigeon Roost road in Shelby county.

It is alleged, in substance, that the complainant was a niece of W. H. Hidell, the husband of the defendant Dora; that she had lived in the same house with him; *83that the greatest confidence and affection existed between them; that she became a nun, and before doing so, or shortly thereafter, intrusted all of her property rights to him; that on April 24, 1877, he procured from her a deed to the half interest in the forty-three acres on the statement that it…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Bates v. PrebleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Weight v. CunninghamTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Rose v. WorthamTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Turcott v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Woodfolk v. MarleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Vance v. SchulderTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Arrowood v. McMinn CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
  3. In Re Estate of DavisTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Waugh v. Guthrie Gas, Light, Fuel & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  5. Schram v. BurtCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1940

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