Bates v. Dennis

The bill in this canse seeks to have sold for partition the honse and lot in the village of Eaton, and a tract of 65 2/5 acres of land, both, of which were owned by John B. Mayfield at the time of his death intestate in 1908. Both pieces of property are in (Jibson Oonnty and are abont fonr miles apart.

The complainants contend that they and the minor defendant, Conley F. Graves, are the owners of a one-third undivided interest in the described realty acquired by inheritance from their half-brother, W. Ernest Bates, and that the defendant, Mrs. Hattie Dennis, is the owner of the other…