Hemphill v. Willis

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Addie Willis Hemphill, filed an original bill in the Chancery Court of Grenada County, Mississippi, to establish title to property described as the West half of the Northwest quarter (W-Vi of NW-J4) of Section 26, Township 22 North, Range 5 East, Grenada County, Mississippi. She alleged that she was a cotenant in the title to the property and asked the court to sell the property and to partite the proceeds.

The appellee Allen Willis, one of the defendants named in the original bill, filed an answer admitting the named defendants to be t.he heirs at law…