Coffman v. Coffman

Maxwell, Judge:

This is a suit for partition of 104% acres of land in Randolph county. The prayer of the bill is that the land be divided in tbe same proportion as tbe purchase money was contributed by tbe plaintiff and defendant, respectively. Tbe trial chancellor found that each of the parties was an owner of an undivided one-half interest in the land and appointed commissioners to divide the same on that basis. From that decree plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

The land was conveyed to the parties by deed dated March 20, 1916. At that time they were husband and wife and continued so to live…