Legal Opinion

Pile v. Pile

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 19 opinions

FROM FENTRESS ' Appéal from the Chancery Court of Fentress County. — A. H. Roberts, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

This is an ejectment suit, involving the determination of the title to a large boundary of mountain land, said to be chiefly valuable for its timber and minerals.

In the year 1848, the State of Kentucky issued to F. P. Stone, Abner Miller, and others a patent to a boundary of one hundred and twenty-three thousand and nine hundred and eighty-nine acres of land now lying in, and running across the northern portion of, Fentress county, and embracing parts of the Scott and Pickett counties, in this State, and commonly known as the “Big Survey.” The territory in question was later surrendered by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Harrison v. Remington Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  3. Harris v. MasonTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Huntzicker v. CrockerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Ryder v. LoomisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. AL Kornman Co. v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT, ETC.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1965
  2. King v. BrooksTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Ragsdale v. HillCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1954
  4. Fransioli v. PodestaTennessee Supreme Court · 1939
  5. In Re McMillan's EstateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1934

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