Scheetz v. Hartman

COLLINS, Justice.

Plaintiff, Edward P. Scheetz, appeals the judgment of the Superior Court (Franklin County, Bradford, J.) that adopted the report and findings of the referee granting the defendant, Madeline Hartman, 69 acres debt-free pursuant to a partition of property in Chesterfield that the parties held as joint tenants. Scheetz contends that the referee erred in ordering a physical partition rather than a buy-out and in his allocation of the property. Scheetz also argues that the referee erred in dismissing without explanation a consolidated claim against Hartman for conversion of cattle…