Freeman v. Saxton

Marshall, Justice.

The appellee-plaintiffs brought this suit against the appellant-defendant for an equitable partitioning of a 50-acre tract of land.

The appellees alleged in their petition that they each owned a one-eighth undivided interest in the land through their status as heirs-at-law of the appellant’s deceased wife. The deceased was a joint grantee with the appellant in the deed under which he claims title to the property.

The appellant defended the action by arguing that although his wife’s name appeared as a grantee in the deed, she had no beneficial interest in the property surviving…