Tennessee Supreme Court January 7, 1871 (Grimes v. Orrand)

FeebmAN, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This bill is filed to assert a title to 52 acres of land, conveyed by William Grimes, the grandfather of complainant, by deed dated 14th August,,1845, to -the “heirs of Britton Grimes; the said Britton being at the time liv'ing, and as the bill alleges, a drunken spendthrift.