Foust v. Moorman

Prrkins, J.—

Tarlton Moorman filed a bill in chancery in the Randolph Circuit Court against the nine heirs of Christian Foust, deceased, praying partition of the lands descended from said Foust to those heirsi His right to claim *18partition is based upon sheriff’s deeds for the shares of two of said heirs, Lewis and James Foust, which deeds recite that said Moorman became the purchaser of those shares, at sheriff’s sale, on the 27th of June, 1840. The Court below decreed partition, and Christian Foust, one of said heirs, appeals to this Court, and insists:

1. That Moorman, claiming title by…