Hicks v. Hicks

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment confirming the sale of land for division. The decree ordering the sale was affirmed by this Court in Hicks v. Hicks, 348 So.2d 1368 (Ala.1977). Appellant, plaintiff in the partition suit, is entitled to one-sixth of the proceeds of the sale. Appellees are entitled to the remaining five-sixths.

The land is 1441 acres of timberland in Pike and Crenshaw Counties. A public sale was conducted by the clerk of the circuit court, resulting in a sale of the 1441 acres to Paul Bryant, Jr., the only bidder, for $50,000. The purchaser later testified…