Brigham v. Brigham

The record discloses that William Brigham died intestate, leaving a large quantity of land and nine children. The children applied to the court of ordinary, under the Civil Code, § 3479 et seq., to have the land divided in kind. Appraisers were appointed who divided the land into nine shares and estimated the value of all of the land and of each of the shares. The appraised values of the shares were not equal, and the appraisers recommended that the heirs who drew the more valuable shares should pay designated sums of money to the others in order to equalize them. There appear to have been no…