Jones v. Nixon
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HICKMAN. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Hickman County. W. L. Grigsby, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Caldwell, J.'
This cause comes up on bill and demurrer. For the purposes of this opinion but one branch of the case need be stated, and as to that the statement will be brief and in such form only as will be necessary to present the legal questions to be decided.
Complainant, S. G. Jones, alleges that he was the true and unquestioned owner, in fee, of 1,600 acres of land in Hickman County; that he sold that land in parcels to different persons years ago by absolute deeds with full covenants of warranty and put his vendees in possession; that they have since been, and now are, in quiet, open,…
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