Legal Opinion

Williams v. Cravens Et Ux.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided October 27, 1945Published

1Opinion of the Court

*543FELTS, J.

This is an ejectment snit for a farm of about 40 acres jnst outside Jamestown. Defendants have been in possession since 1927 under a deed vesting title in them as tenants by the entirety. Complainant claims under a tax sale to the State April 4, 1940, and a deed from the Commissioner of Finance and Taxation October 19,1942.

J. B. Cravens by plea and answer attacked the tax sale and the deed to complainant upon a number of grounds, and stated he was willing and ready to refund all of complainant’s expenditures which were proper charges on his interest in the land. His wife Loretta…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. v. CollierTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Turley v. TurleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Alfred v. Bankers' Shippers' Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934
  4. State ex rel. Weaver v. BoltTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Roberts v. FroggeTennessee Supreme Court · 1923

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