Legal Opinion
Uhlhorn v. Keltner
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1982PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Chief Justice.
This case involves title and right of possession to a crescent-shaped tract of approximately 430 acres in Tipton County, Tennessee. It is situated in the southerly portion of a region known as Centennial Island. It was once part of the bed of the Mississippi River. Ultimately it beca,me valuable farm land as. a result of what Mark Twain called a “freak” of the great river in suddenly changing its course in March, 1876, shortening the main channel by a distance of fifteen miles or more.1
The Uhlhorns, appellants here, and the Keltner and Glass families, appellees,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Arkansas v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- City of Columbia v. C.F.W. Construction Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- Kemp v. ThurmondTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. Muncie Pulp Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1907
- Stockley v. CissnaTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Uhlhorn v. KeltnerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
- City of Murfreesboro v. Pierce Hardy Real Estate, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000
- David Dell'Aquila v. Larry HeadCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2013
- Robert Walker and Susan Elder v. Charles Smith v. Clifford Byrne and Wife, Carol ByrneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014
- Tom Milligan and wife Louise Millgan v. Curtis George and wife Wilma GeorgeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1997