Carter v. Carter
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SULLIVAN. Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Sullivan County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — HoN. Hal PI. Haynes, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. L. D. Smith, Special Justice,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The complainant Amanda Hodges Carter and her children were the owners as legatees under the will of one McBee of a farm of about two hundred acres in Jefferson county, near Straw Plains; Amanda having a life estate and her children the remainder. She filed the hill in this cause, alleging the ownership of the land as above stated. Some of her children, for whom she is the legal guardian, were minors, and they were made defendants to the bill. She sought by the bill to have confirmed by the chancery court an exchange of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hurt v. LongTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
- Wilson v. SchaeferTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
- Holt v. HamlinTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- Arbuckle v. ArbuckleTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cummings v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1964
- Alsup v. MontoyaTennessee Supreme Court · 1972
- Reynolds v. ChumbleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1940