Howell v. Parker.

This is a petition for partition filed before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Stanly County. M. B. Howell bought the tract of land in 1885, paid the purchase- money in full and entered into possession as owner, but died in 1889 without having received a deed, .which was executed, however, to his heirs at law by the vendor in 1891. Two of the heirs at law subsequently conveyed their two-fifths interest to the defendant Parker, who has two others of the heirs at law as co-defendants. Another heir at law and the widow of 1VI. E. Howell are the plaintiffs. It is agreed that at the time of his…