Jones v. Jones

Plaintiffs, Charles L. Jones and Mary C. Jones, his wife, instituted this suit in the court below against the defendants, Jones’ mother and seven of his eight brothers and sisters, for partition of a 15.02-acre tract of land in the City of Newport News, Virginia.

The bill and the amended and supplemental bill of complaint, so far as pertinent here, alleged that Charles L. Jones’ father, C. Houston Jones, Sr., Was seised and possessed of a one-half undivided interest in the 15.02-acre tract at the time of his death, and that Charles L. Jones was the owner of the other one-half undivided…