Elliott v. Cumberland Coal & Coke Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CUMBERLAND. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Cumberland County. T. J. Fisher, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes
*747This is an ejectment suit to recover a tract of about four hundred acres of land. Complainant’s title is based upon an adverse possession for more than seven years under color of title of the lands as one tract, although.the area was originally in three separate tracts, covered by three separate entries, Nos. 109, 252, and 253.
No grant appears to have ever issued as to entry 109. Entry 252.is covered by grant No*. 14,727, and entry No. 253. by grant No. 14,725. Defendant claims under two grants, — Nos. 4,975, and 5,061, — each for 5,000 acres. The claim of complainant is to the extent of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bon Air Coal, etc., Co. v. ParksTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
- Napier's Lessee v. SimpsonTennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity · 1809
- Turnage v. KentonTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by12 opinions
- Harriss v. HowardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Lieberman v. ClarkTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
- Camp v. RiddleTennessee Supreme Court · 1913
- Round Mountain Lumber & Coal Co. v. BassTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- Elliot v. HensleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
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