Kirtland v. Corbett

delivered the opinion of the Court.. The bill in this canse was filed on July 31, 1918, by the complainants, A. N. Kirtland and wife, Lillie B. Kirtland, against the defendants, George G. Corbett and wife, Sarah B. Corbett, to recover damages for the breach of a contract for the purchase of a house and lot on Seventeenth avenue in the city of Nashville.

The defendants filed a cross-bill, by which they sought to have said contract canceled as a cloud upon their title.

The first defense interposed to the bill was that the complainants were real estate dealers at the time said contract was…