Doty v. Railroad
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. . Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Hamilton County. Floyd Esttll, «T.
1Opinion of the Court
Wilkes,' J.
This is an action for breach of covenant contained in a deed made by plaintiff, Doty, to the Chattanooga Union Railway Company. The effort is to hold the assignee of that company upon the covenant as one running with land.
Under the charge of the trial Judge the jury found for the defendant assignee, and the plaintiff has appealed and assigned errors. The question, as submitted to this Court, is whether the covenant sued on is one which runs with the land and affects the transferee or is merely the personal covenant of the Chattanooga Union Railway Company, the original grantee. In…
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