Boyd v. Doty

Stuart, L

Complaint by Jamies and Frederick Boyd against Doty and others, to reform a decree of partition. Demurrer to the complaint, assigning for cause, that the facts were not sufficient to entitle the plaintiffs to relief, sustained. The Boyds -appeal.

It' appears that Wait Vaughan died seized of a tract of land in Perry county, leaving a widow and five children his heirs at law. In 1846, Sarah Vaughan, one of the heirs, filed her petition in the Probate Court for partition, making the other heirs parties. Upon this petition such proceedings were had that commissioners *371were appointed,…