Griffin v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for partition, etc. Before Judge Park. Putnam superior court. September 24, 1921. Sidney Griffin, and Mrs. Lizzie Layson as guardian and next friend for Millard Griffin, brought a petition against J. B. Griffin, the purpose of the petition being for the partition by sale of a certain tract of land in Putnam County, in possession of the defendant, and to secure an accounting for the rents and profits of the land.
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Application for partition, etc. Before Judge Park. Putnam superior court. September 24, 1921. Sidney Griffin, and Mrs. Lizzie Layson as guardian and next friend for Millard Griffin, brought a petition against J. B. Griffin, the purpose of the petition being for the partition by sale of a certain tract of land in Putnam County, in possession of the defendant, and to secure an accounting for the rents and profits of the land. The land in controversy was set apart as a homestead, in 1868, to W. S. Griffin as head of a family consisting of his wife, Lucy A. Griffin, and their seven minor…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Hnder the acts of 1767 and 1900, now codified in § 5358 of the Civil Code of 1910, where two or more persons are common owners of lands and tenements in this State, whether by descent, purchase, or otherwise, and no provision is made, by will or otherwise, as to how such lands and tenements are to be divided, any one of such common owners may apply to the superior court of the county in which such lands and tenements are situated, at term time, or the judges thereof at chambers, for a writ of partition, setting forth plainly and distinctly the facts and…
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