Tennessee Supreme Court January 15, 1826 (Hope v. Johnson)

Opinion of Hie court delivered by

Judge Haywood.—

David Beatty died leaving a will, and made the defendants his executors; and therein, amongst other things, made the following devise and bequest: “I will and bequeath that the plantation I now live on be sold by public or private sale to the best advantage, and the proceeds thereof be laid out in land in the Indiana Territory, as well situated as