Bailey v. Mahr

This is a partition proceeding initiated by the plaintiff-appellee, owner of an interest in six tracts of real estate located in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Tracts IV and V were consolidated as one tract and generally conceded to be one and the same. The plaintiff, in his petition, asked that ownership of the tracts be determined and that the tracts be divided or sold according to law.

None of the defendants-appellants were initially named as defendants in this case. Several of the original defendants to this action suggested in their answers that others, including appellants, be inter-pleaded…