Oliver v. Jernigan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court of Bullock. Heard before Hon. B. B. McCraw. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
PECK, 0. J.
The appellee filed his bill in the court below against the appellant, for the partition and sale of the lands described in the bill of complaint, upon the *42ground that the said lands could not be equitably partitioned or divided without a sale.
The bill states that plaintiff and defendant were tenants in common, each being entitled to an equal undivided half interest in the same as tenants in fee simple.
That on or about the first day of January, 1868, the defendant, by a verbal agreement, purchased plaintifFs interest in said lands. That by said agreement defendant was to pay…
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