Devoto v. Devoto

This is a suit for partition of real estate and for an accounting. Plaintiff and defendant are brothers. The material allegations of the petition are: That plaintiff and defendant are seized as tenants in common of certain described real property situate in the city of St. Louis; "that the share to said lands to which plaintiff is entitled is one-half, and that the interest of the defendant therein is one-half, and that plaintiff and defendant are the fee simple owners thereof;" that plaintiff has expended various sums of money for the upkeep and preservation of the common property, which are…