Sorenson v. Booram

The plaintiffs, each claiming to be the owner of an undivided one-tenth interest in 120 acres of land in Grundy County, brought their action in partition. They alleged that defendant Truman Booram owned an undivided three-fifths interest in said land, and that each of the six other defendants owned an undivided one-thirtieth interest. The trial court found their interests to be as alleged in the petition, and made its order of sale in partition.

Defendant Truman Booram, who claimed to be the sole owner of the land, appealed. All of the parties are descendants of Aaron Booram, who died in 1892,…