Tennessee Supreme Court April 15, 1843 (Feltz v. Clark)

Reese, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

In 1837, or before that time, William Feltz and Priscilla his wife departed this life in the county of Dyer, intestate and without issue. His only surviving brother, Henry Feltz, of Virginia, duly empowered Isaac Sampson, Esq. of Dyer county, to institute all proper means to recover his distributive share of the estate of William Feltz.