Pate v. Hall

Josiah S. Hall filed a bill for the sale of lands for division among tenants in common, and for an accounting against W. S. Pate, Jr., one of the respondents, for rents collected and timber sold from the common property.

The appeal is, from a decree granting complainant relief.

The record abounds in irregularities.

The bill alleges complainant owns an undivided one-fourth interest in' the lands subject to the dower interest of “Annie Bailey,” .now known as “Annie Hairston,” in this one-fourth interest. She was made respondent. No answer was filed by her, and no decree pro confesso was taken…