Maddox v. Butchee

PONDER, Justice.

In this suit, the plaintiffs, Wesley W. Maddox, David Tilley, for the use and benefit of his minor daughter, Johnnie Tilley, and J. C. Nance, trustee, seek to annul a judgment ordering the sale of property belonging to the succession of Mrs. Bella Butchee Maddox to effect a partition by licitation and to enjoin the sheriff from selling the property. At the time the suit was filed, the lower court granted the plaintiffs a temporary restraining order and ordered a rule nisi to issue, commanding the defendants to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be granted. The…