Benton & Milliken v. Sentell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, C. J.

The plaintiffs in this case alleging themselves to-be each the owner of an undivided one-fifth interest in a plantation in the parish of East Carroll, known as the Glen Mary planta*870tion, brought this suit for a partition -of the same between all the joint owners thereof, setting up incidental demands by reason of improvements which they averred they had put upon the property.

By consent of parties all the issues raised in the lower court, under the pleadings of the different parties, but one were postponed for examination and decision to…