Harris v. McClanahan
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court of Shelby county. J. O. Pierce, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
Action of ejectment, tried by the court without a jury, in which judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed in error.
It was admitted on the trial that the plaintiff’s ancestor, John W. Harris, who commenced the suit, had a perfect legal title of record to the lot of land in controversy. John W. Harris had gone into the Confederate service, leaving the land in charge of an agent. The land seems to have been sold for taxes, and bought by one J. J. Sears during the war. On April 3, 1866, John W. Harris filed a bill against J. J. Sears, Francis McClanahan and…
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