Bedford v. Bedford

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County sustaining the appeal of complainant, Carolyn T. Bedford, for partition of a tract of land containing approximately 352 acres, located on the north side of Poplar Pike in Shelby County, Tennessee. The appellants, Louise Duke Bedford and Whyte Bedford, insist that the complainant has no interest in the real estate sought to be partitioned.

The land was owned by Virginia R. Bedford, who died in 1916 leaving a will. Item 2 of the will provides as follows :

“I direct that my homeplace of about three hundred acres, lying along the Southern Railroad and…