Earnest v. Little River Land & Lumber Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SEVIER. Appeal from Chancery Court of Sevier County. John P. Smith, Chancellor. ' -
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beard
This is an ejectment bill filed to recover a large-bodv of land lying in Sevier county. Several matters of minor importance were presented at the bar, but, confessedly, as the case involves one controlling or determinative question, to avoid confusion we will state only so much of the record, and that in a condensed form, as bears on this question.
The State issued three series or classes of grants,, which interlap so as to cover the lands in controversy, at different dates and to different persons. The older-grants were issued in the year 1838 to grantees who-are not parties to this suit,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. TowsleySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Gibson v. ChouteauSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Bagnell v. BroderickSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- East Tennessee Iron & Coal Co. v. WigginCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Nathan E. Hooper, Louisa J. Hooper, and Amanda E. Hooper, Minors, by Absalom Fowler, Their Next Friend, in Error v. Jacob ScheimerSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Hood v. CravensCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
- Walsh v. TiptonTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Dewey v. Sewanee Fuel & Iron Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Tennessee · 1910
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