Johnson v. Johnson

Frank Holt, Justice.

This case involves the issue of a cotenancy. The appellees, some of the heirs of Jane Johnson who died intestate in 1919, brought this action against appellant and others in 1969 as cotenants to partition 120 acres and to establish all of their respective interests. The appellant responded, by asserting her ownership by virtue of a recorded deed in 1952 and also by adverse possession and asked that title be quieted in her. The chancellor found that the parties to this action are cotenants and ordered a partition of the lands.

At the time of Jane Johnson’s death in 1919, two…