Southern Ry. Co v. Vann
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM GREENE. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Greene County. —Hon. Hugh M. Tate, Chancellor,, sitting by interchange because of the disqualification of Chancellor Haynes.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lansden
delivered tlie opinion of the Court.
This suit was brought by the Southern Railway Company to have its rights declared under two certain deeds executed to it for railway purposes by Thomas D. Arnold. The pleadings present the question of whether the railroad company is entitled to 100 feet on each side of the center line, of its main line, or whether it is only entitled to enough land for a main line and a switch track. The defendants claim the lands through Arnold, and their answer makes the issue just stated. There is also a question of estoppel, which will be referred to later.
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