Dickson v. Dickson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Todd, J.

A judicial partition having been made of the lands belonging to the succession of Hannah P. Dickson, Mrs. Mattie L. Dickson, subsequently to said partition, obtained a judgment recognizing and rendering executory a special mortgage against a part of the lands so partitioned.

This judgment rendered necessary certain supplementary proceedings relating to said partition, having in view the readjustment of the shares of the heirs of said deceased, on account of this mortgage, and to provide for its payment by the heirs, who bought the lands at the…