Virginia Pate v. Law

ITARWOOD, Justice.

In the proceedings below Virginia Pate, Edith McElreath and Hubert Law, who are sisters and brother, filed a bill against Berenice Law, their sister-in-law, alleging that the complainants and respondent each ■owned an undivided one-fourth interest in three tracts of land. It was averred that the property could not be equitably divided, •and complainants prayed for a sale of the lands and a division of the proceeds.

The respondent filed an answer and cross 'bill in which it was admitted that as to two •of the tracts the complainants were owners of an undivided one-fourth…