HURT v. MARTIN


393 S.W.2d 1 (1965)

Willie HURT et al., Appellees-Complainants, v. Mrs. Murlon Beasley MARTIN et al., Appellants-Defendants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.W. Miles, III, Paul G. Hudgins, Union City, for Willie Hurt, and others.

Hooker, Keeble, Dodson & Harris, Nashville, John W. Kelley, Nashville, of counsel, for Mrs. Murlon Beasley Martin, and others.


DYER, Justice.

This appeal comes to this court directly upon a stipulation of facts. The question for determination is what interest, if any, appellants-defendants have in the realty in controversy. For reasons discussed herein, we hold that they are possessed of no interest therein.

On August 20, 1883 one James Perry executed a warranty deed to Mrs. Harriet Hurt, John Hurt and Sarah Jane Hurt, conveying a tract of 154 acres of land located in Humphreys County...

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