Davis v. Griffin

The appellant states, and the appellees agree, that the question involved on this appeal is substantially as follows:

Do the petitioners, owning in fee undivided interests in several tracts of land, and also owning life estates in the balance of the undivided interests in the same tracts of land, have the right, as against contingent remaindermen, to partition the several tracts of land so that petitioners may hold some tracts in fee and in common, and the remainder of the tracts be held by them as life tenants with remainder over?

The petitioners are not asking for a partition as between…