Parkey v. Ramsey
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HANCOCK. Appeal from Chancery Court of Hancock County.—Hugh G. Kyle, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes
The bill in this cause is filed to set up title to a three-tenths undivided interest in land in Hancock county, and to have the same sold for partition and division. The defendants claim title to the whole land, and the bill seeks to remove this exclusive claim as a cloud upon complainant’s title to the three-tenths interest.
The facts as found by the court of chancery appeals are that in 1886 William Parley conveyed the lands in controversy to Jno. Williams and wife, Catherine, by deed, which was soon thereafter registered. In 1889 Jno. Williams made a will, in which he devised the land to…
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