Cochran v. Frierson

Certiorari has been granted and this cause orally argued at the bar of this Court. The controversy involves the title to a tract of 194 acres of land situated in Maury County, Tennessee. The Court of Appeals affirmed the Chancellor in holding that Luán T. Martin was the owner in fee of the land at the time of her death and had a right to dispose of it by will.

Mrs. Kate S. Stephenson was the owner of the fee simple estate in this land prior to June 1, 1886. She was married to John J. Stephenson and they had one child, then an unmarried daughter, Luán T. Stephenson. On June 1, 1886 Mrs.…