Haynes v. . Johnson

On a petition filed by the heirs at law of William Johnson, (125) deceased, for a sale of his real estate, a decree was made, the land sold, and the money collected by the master, whereupon an order of reference was made for him to ascertain and report to the court "the names and number of the heirs at law of the late William Johnson entitled to partition in the real estate in the pleadings mentioned, and the amount coming to each," who reported that the said William died intestate, in the county of Rutherford, in 1856, without issue or lineal descendant, and that he had one brother and three…