Stewart v. Pickard

The plaintiff having brought an action to obtain a *416partition, in kind, of the community property held in common between himself and the heirs of his deceased wife, Sarah Pickard, her daughter, arid her grand-children, represented by their natural tutrix, Sarah S. Stewart. -The whole of the property was partitioned between them, with the exception of the slaves, under a decree of the Court of Probates, of the 21st of August, 1839. Some time afterwards, on the 25th of January, 1840, Sarah Pickard moved the court to fix a day for the completion of the partition, and to notify the parties…