Legal Opinion

Cæsar v. Harris

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 1902PublishedCited by 5 opinions

FROM MADISON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Madison County. A. Gr. Hawrins, Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.

This is a bill to remove a cloud from the title to real estate caused by the sale of the land for taxes. In the Court below .quite a spirited controversy was had over the validity of the tax sale, and upon this feature of the case the litigation was had. The case was submitted to the Chancellor upon brief, when the Chancellor held that the complainant could not recover because he had shown no title to the land in controversy. After delivery of the opinion, and before decree entered, complainant offered to file a deed to himself from John B. Clough, Commissioner, and an affidavit was made by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. National BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Bank of Jamaica v. JeffersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Carver v. CrockerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1957
  2. Beaty v. OwensCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1927
  3. Bank of Winchester v. WhiteTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Beaty v. OwensCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1927
  5. Russell Lee Maze and Kaye M. Maze v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2025

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