Hines v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM LINCOLN.. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lincoln County.— Ewin L. Davis, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief 'Justice Shields
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Wm. Crawford, more than sixty years ago, set apart about one acre of his farm, in one of the cultivated fields, *4as a family burial ground or cemetery, and it was so used by him during Ms life, several of his family being then and there buried, and when he died he was there buried. His descendants since his death have used it as a family burying ground, and many of them are there buried. Monuments and gravestones have been erected' and maintained over several of the graves, and from time to time have been repaired, and the cemetery…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hook v. JoyceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
- Gardner v. Swan Point CemeterySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1898
- Stewart v. GarrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- In Re WaldronSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1904
- Robertson v. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by36 opinions
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- Haslerig v. WatsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- COM. DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE v. GarnerKentucky Supreme Court · 1995
- Carney v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
- Heiligman v. ChambersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
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