Winstead v. Roberts

WALKER, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Scott County, Mississippi, dismissing appellant’s petition to partite and mandatorily enjoining him to execute a deed conveying his interest in certain property to the appellee, Bessie Roberts.

We reverse and remand.

Jones A. Winstead and his sister, Bessie Roberts, own approximately three and one-half acres of land located in Scott County as tenants in common, Jones Winstead owning an undivided two-thirds interest in said property and Bessie owning an undivided one-third interest. Located on the…