Weakley v. Barrow
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by cer-tiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — JohN AllisoN, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The question for decision in this case is whether a deed tendered to Mrs. Nannie F. Spotswood to a parcel of land sold to her, in a proceeding conducted in the chancery court in the above cause to that end, will vest in her a good and valid title.
*227The deed purports to convey a parcel ont of a trust estate. The real estate composing that estate lies in the city of Nashville and is of value about $75,000, so that the principles to be declared and the decision to be reached in regard to the immediate transaction may have a far-reaching effect on the rights of the cestuis qtie trust.
The trust was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jones v. HabershamSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Curtiss v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Ruggles v. TysonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Upham v. PlankintonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- Bennett v. Nashville Trust Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1912
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Stewart v. HamiltonTennessee Supreme Court · 1924
- In Re McDonough TrustSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
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