Morrow v. Baird

This is a hill by an intermediate vendor of land against his immediate grantor for breach of covenant of title. A demurrer was interposed on behalf of the defendant, which was sustained by the chancellor, and complainant’s bill dismissed. The cause is before this court on appeal of the complainant, assigning the action of the chancellor in dismissing his hill as error.

Complainant, Morrow, alleges in his bill that on the 22d day of June, 1888, he purchased of defendant, Baird, for the consideration of $5,000, a tract of land in Franklin county, Tennessee, estimated to contain 5,000 acres.…