Legal Opinion

Brakefield v. Anderson

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 12, 1889PublishedCited by 20 opinions

EROM ERANKLIN. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Eranklin County. ~W. S. Bearden, Ck.

1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.

Ill August, 1876, W. W. Brake-field bought of James Anderson thirty-seven and one-naif acres of land in Eranklin County, and went immediately into possession.

More than eight years thereafter, in November, 1884, Brakefield filed the original bill in this cause, setting out the contract, and alleging the payment of the pui’chase money and the refusal of Anderson to convey him the .land, and praying for a specific performance of the contract, if that could be granted by the Court; and, if not, that he be allowed a recovery for the purchase money paid, and also for the value of improvements by…

2Cited by20 opinions

  1. Earline Waddle v. Lorene B. ElrodTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  2. Atlanta, K. & N. Ry. Co. v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1904
  3. Cobble v. LangfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Harris v. MorganTennessee Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Choate v. SewellTennessee Supreme Court · 1919

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