Snowden v. Cruse

This is a partition suit. The defendants, five in number, are the uterine brothers and sisters of plaintiff. The real estate to. be partitioned was purchased by plaintiff’s father after his marriage to the mother of all the parties, and was donated by him to her during the marriage. The only issue involved is as to the proportions in which the property shall be divided; i. e. shall plaintiff receive one-half the property as sole heir of his father, and one-sixth of the other one-half as one of the six heirs of his mother; or shall each of the parties receive one-sixth of the whole property as…