Hendry v. Hollingdrake

The parties to this suit are tenants in common in fee simple of a lot of land in the city of Providence, the complainants being entitled to one half and the defendant to the other half. The complainants bring this bill for partition, and, inasmuch as the land is such that it cannot be divided by metes and bounds without a loss in value, they move for partition by sale and division of the proceeds. The title of the complainants came by will from the late Ellen Hollingdrake. The defendant objects to the partition as proposed, because the said Ellen died less than three and a half years ago, and…