Denton v. Woods

Ilsi/ey, J.

The plaintiff, claiming to be the owner and possessor of an undivided half of certain real estate described in his petition, instituted the present action against the defendant, who, he alleged, held the title to the other half, for a judicial partition.

The defendant, asserting title and sole ownership to the whole of the property described, excepted to the plaintiff’s action, which he contended should have been one of revendicaiion.

The exception, having been overruled in the Court below, the defendant answered, setting up title exclusively to the whole premises, to which allusion…