Black v. Stimpson

This is an appeal from a judgment approving a sale of a jointly owned 80-acre tract of land for division of the proceeds among the joint owners. The plaintiffs (referred to herein as the Stimpsons) own fractional shares totalling a one-half interest in the property. The defendants (referred to herein as the Phelon heirs) own fractional shares that together comprise the remaining one-half interest in the property. The Stimpsons purchased the property for $110,000 at a private sale ordered pursuant to § 35-6-100, Ala. Code 1975. The issues are whether the evidence that the land could not be…