Legal Opinion

Clement v. Nichols

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 28, 1948PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gailor

This is a suit in ejectment commenced in the Chancery Court of Benton County, alleging ownership in fee simple of 114 acres of land of the value of about $1000, described in the bill as lying in the 8th Civil District of the County. The Chancellor entered a decree for the complainants and the defendants perfected an appeal to the Court of Appeals, where the decree was reversed and the hill dismissed. The complainants have filed petition for cer-tiorari in which they make four assignments of error.

Before stating the facts we will consider the fourth assignment of error, by which after the case…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Evans v. Belmont Land Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Hubbard v. GodfreyTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Brier Hill Collieries v. GerntTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Tennessee Central Railroad v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Howard v. MassengaleTennessee Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Irvin v. BinkleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
  2. Peck v. TannerTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Turner v. ZagerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1962
  4. Loftis v. Stuyvesant Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1965
  5. Brookside Mills, Inc. v. MoultonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1965

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