Ex Parte Beaty

June 30, 1917. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Without a long recital, the record discloses that Mrs. Sue F. Beaty, a widow with children, and her brother, J.D. Crawford, own as tenants in common a parcel of land containing 401 acres. The record is not plain about the shares in which the title is held. One of the affidavits puts the share of Mrs. Beaty less than one-fourth.

Upon the land there are sundry liens: First, there are alleged judgment liens of Zone Oil Company, of F.M. Durham and Childs and Edwards; and, second, there are mortgages aggregating $4,200 in round figures.

The…