IRWIN v. DAWSON


273 S.W.2d 6 (1954)

S.L. IRWIN v. Cleo DAWSON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry K. Williams, Jr., Knoxville, for appellant.

Grimm, Tapp & Carson, Knoxville, for appellee.


PREWITT, Justice.

The Chancellor sustained the demurrer to the bill and dismissed the suit.

The complainant, Irwin, filed his bill seeking specific performance of a certain lease to a vacant lot on which there had been erected a commercial building, which lease had been signed by the husband Dawson but not signed by the wife, Cleo Dawson.

It appears that Dawson and his wife, Cleo Dawson, owned the property in question as tenants by the entirety, this...

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