McCarthy v. Lippitt

Waite, Judge.

{¶ 1} This appeal arises out of a partition action filed by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Kathleen McCarthy (“appellants”) in the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas. The partition action involved a 55-acre parcel of real estate in Monroe County. The trial court found that appellants had a one-half undivided interest in the property and ordered the property to be sold. The trial court awarded appellants $10,000 of any proceeds, but then ruled that all excess proceeds would go to the owners of the other one-half interest, Mr. and Mrs. Lippitt (“appel-lees”). Appellants argue that they,…