Woodward v. Woodward

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

Joshua Madison Woodward died intestate in 1889, and this action was instituted by his heirs to partition his estate. He was seized of an undivided half interest in a certain tract of laud, his brother, D. Hagood Woodward, being seized of the other moiety thereof.

It seems that the rights of all the parties have been adjusted, except the conflicting claims of D. Hagood Woodward on the one part, and George W. Croft and S. M. Meyers on the other part, as to the interest in the share of one of the heirs of the estate, viz: J. L.…