Menken v. Brinkley
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from Chancery Court of Shelby County. John L. T. Sneed, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Wm. M. SMITH, Sp. J.
On December 10, 1887, Robert C. Brinkley, a young man of improvident and extravagant habits, executed a conveyance, by' which he transferred a large amount of real estate therein described, part of which is in Shelby County, Tennessee, to his half brother, Hu. L. Brinkley, and his brother-in-law, C. C. Currier, upon certain trusts specifically defined and set out in said instrument.
As the contest in this cause is over this deed, it is necessary that its contents be stated, and it will perhaps be more satisfactory to set out the deed in full. It is as follows:
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