Roberts v. Beckwith

This was a petition for partition of certain real estate, and an account for rents and profits.

There was a decree for partition and for $390 rents and profits for the portion allotted to plaintiff’s one-fifth part— 26 acres for five years, at the rate of $78 per annum. Defendants appealed.

It is insisted that the court erred in rendering a decree against Harriet C. Roberts, and making it a lien on her real estate. The defendants, Alexander Roberts and Harriet C. Roberts, were husband and wife. The petition alleged that the defendants owned a four-fifth share in the real estate, and that they…