Tennessee Supreme Court September 1, 1871 (Hamilton v. Gilbert)

Nelson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Malachi Cummings, the father of Mrs. Hamilton, verbally purchased, of Wm. M. Adcock, the tract of fifty acres of land, described in the record, at the price of one hundred dollars, and took and held possession thereof, and afterwards sold the same to defendant, for two hundred dollars.