Houston's Lessee v. Pillow
Tennessee Supreme Court
Judge Catron. The land in controversy lies west of the Congressional reservation line, in the county of Maury. The lessees of the plaintiff claim by virtue of a grant for 5000 acres to James Reese,-dated in 1793, calling to lay south of Duck River; beginning at a cherry and ash, near the top of a ridge, John Davidson’s south west corner, running cast "with said Davidson’s line 285’chains to his south east corner; thence south 175 chains 50 links, to a lynn and sugar tree;…
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Judge Catron. The land in controversy lies west of the Congressional reservation line, in the county of Maury. The lessees of the plaintiff claim by virtue of a grant for 5000 acres to James Reese,-dated in 1793, calling to lay south of Duck River; beginning at a cherry and ash, near the top of a ridge, John Davidson’s south west corner, running cast "with said Davidson’s line 285’chains to his south east corner; thence south 175 chains 50 links, to a lynn and sugar tree; thence west 285 chains to an ash; thence north 175 chains 50 links, to the beginning. The beginning corner is found…
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Judge Whyte
delivered in the foregoing case. This was an action of ejectment brought in the court below on the 29th July 1825, verdict for the defendants and an appeal in error to this court. The bill of exceptions shewed that the plaintiff claimed title to the land by a grant from North Carolina for 5000 acres dated the 1st January 1783, which called to begin on the south west corner of Davidson’s tract of5000 acres to run east, and then south, &c.
Davidson had an old entry and survey which was granted by Tennessee in 1820.
An old marked corner for the beginning of Davidson’s as well…
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- Polk's Lessee v. WendellSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
- Taylor & Quarles v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1809
- The Heirs, Etc., of J.J. Williamson v. R. BuchannanTennessee Supreme Court · 1814
- William Smith v. the Lessee of D. BuchannonTennessee Supreme Court · 1814