Tinkle v. Tinkle

ALEXANDER, Justice.

The plaintiff, Newell Tinkle, and the defendants, Albert Jenkins Tinkle and others, were the joint owners of an estate consisting of lands and personal property which they had recently inherited from their ancestors. The estate owed a large indebtedness of approximately $19,000, some of which was secured by a lien on part of the land and the balance was unsecured. The defendants desired to keep their interests together and to avoid a partition of the estate until the debts could be paid, but the plaintiff, Newell Tinkle, demanded an .immediate partition. Negotiations…