Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1877 (Lillard v. Puckett)

lead-opinion

Freeman, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

We need but refer to a few facts in this record to raise the only questions that we deem necessary for the proper disposition of the questions in this case.

A bill was filed by the executor of Charles Puckett,- deceased, in the chancery court of Rutherford county, by which, among other things, his lands were asked to be sold.