Kitchen v. Sheets

Blackford, J. —

This was a petition filed by John Sheets, for a partition of two certain tracts of land situate in Jefferson county. The defendants were Edward Kitchen, John Evans, Nelson Lodge, Joseph G. Marshall, James M. Beck-with, John M. Irvin, William J. McClure, and the State Bank of Indiana. The petition was taken as confessed, and commissioners were appointed to make partition. A partition of both tracts was reported by the commissioners, and the report confirmed by the Court.

The petition states that Sheets is tenant in common of one of the tracts of land with William J. McClure,…