Balch v. Johnson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Davidson County. H. I-I. CooK, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtBeakd, J.
This cause involves a question as to the ownership of a house and lot in the town of Goodlettsville. On the nineteenth of May, 1866, the then owner of this property, one Cummings, conveyed it by deed to Julia Johnson, wife of Andrew Johnson, for life, with remainder over, in the following terms: “To Mrs. Julia Johnson, wife of Andrew Johnson, Jr., during her lifetime, and at her death to the bodily heirs of said Andrew Johnson, including Ellen Evers, stepdaughter of Andrew Johnson, Jr.,” etc.
The Ellen Evers mentioned in this clause was a daughter of the conveyee Julia by a former marriage,…
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