Gernt v. Floyd

*121This is an ejectment suit, the appeal being that of Gernt, complainant below, from a decree dismissing his bill.

The first ground assigned by the chancellor for his action was that, a deed offered by Gernt as a link in his title chain was void for lack of sufficient definiteness in the description of the property. The conveying clause of that deed sets out numerous tracts and describes the eighth tract, here involved, as follows:

“All our interest in the following described lands in the county of Fentress, State of Tennessee, to wit: . . . (8th) Entry No. 555, Grant No. 6090'.”

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