McClanahan v. Mayne

In this case, the appellant filed a bill for the partition of real estate. The cause proceeded to an adjudication of the rights of the parties, and the appointment of commissioners on the 14th of April, 1924, and upon the coming in of the report of the commissioners appointed to make a division of the property to the effect that it was not susceptible of a division, the court on June 29th, 1928, decreed that it be sold. The property was, on August 6, 1928, knocked off and sold to the complainant (appellant). The commissioners in reporting the sale, also reported,

"That at said time J. C.…