Tennessee Supreme Court October 7, 1871 (McKinney v. Stacks)

Nicholson, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Thomas Dardis died in 1809, intestate and without issue, leaving two brothers, Edward and James Dardis as his heirs. He was the owner of a lot in Knoxville, which descended to his two brothers Edward and James. In 1836, Edward aliened, relinquished *285and quit claimed all further claim to all or any of said lot to his brother James.