Barnes v. Redmond
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM WILLIAM SON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Williamson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court, ^Douglass Wikle, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Buchanan
Mattie Barnes died in October, 1907, in Williamson county, Tenn., intestate, and seized and. possessed off *47two tracts of land located in that county. One tract contained about twenty acres, the other about 191 acres. This land became the property of the intestate under our statute of descent upon the death of her brother-, Joseph Barnes, who left him surviving no wife; child; or children, never having been married, the intestate bein¿ the only heir at law. Joseph Barnes acquired the land during his life by purchase.
The present suit is a partition proceeding for the purpose of selling the two…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Forrest v. PorchTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
- Wayne v. FoutsTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
- Wheless v. WhelessTennessee Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by4 opinions
- Spofford v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
- Rose v. BlewettTennessee Supreme Court · 1957
- Lewis v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
- Rutherford County v. Martha WilsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002