Meador v. Meador

SIMPSON, Justice.

The defendants have appealed from a decree of the circuit court, in equity, ordering a sale for division of the subject lands on a bill of complaint of appellee alleging that the lands cannot be equitably divided between the parties, tenants in common.

The decree is well supported by the evidence and there is no merit in the appeal. The rule is well understood. Partition of land between tenants in common is a matter of right, but the alternative right to have the land sold for division is statutory, and as basis for the latter relief it must be proven that a fair and equitable…