Stebbens v. Turner

The plaintiff brings this action and asks for a partition or sale of the premises mentioned in the complaint, claiming to he the owner, as tenant in common, of the premises with Josephine Turner, her mother.

The defendant, Josephine Turner, after admitting the several allegations of the plaintiff’s complaint, alleges that Henry W. Chadeayne, as executor of said will of Caroline Duncan, deceased, was authorized to dispose of the real estate, and that the title never vested in the plaintiff or in the defendant, and that the only person having the right to sell the premises was Henry W.…