Legal Opinion

Yarbro v. Easley

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 12, 1974Published

1Opinion of the Court

MATHERNE, Judge.

The plaintiffs, owners of a life estate and a ¾26 undivided interest in remainder subject to the life estate in about 575 acres of land in Dyer County, Tennessee, filed this lawsuit to sell the land for partition. The trial judge ordered the land sold, and at the sale the plaintiffs were the purchasers at the price of $1,025,000, paying $297,250 in cash and giving two promissory notes, each in the sum of $256,250, and one final promissory note in the sum of $215,250, payable one, two and three years from date, bearing interest at the rate of 7½ percent per an-num, secured by a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jordan v. JordanTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Williams v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963
  3. Bierce v. JamesTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Perkins v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Holt v. HamlinTennessee Supreme Court · 1908

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