Gay v. Tompkins

385 So.2d 973 (1980)

Viola Marcum GAY et al.

v.

Henry TOMPKINS and Eugenia Tompkins.

No. 79-206.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 7, 1980.

Isaac P. Espy of Tucker, Gray & Espy, Tuscaloosa, for appellants.

George S. Wright of Rosen, Wright, Harwood & Albright, and Gordon Davis, Tuscaloosa, for appellees.

BEATTY, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant Viola Marcum Gay brought suit seeking a sale in lieu of partition against ten defendants. Eight of the ten defendants answered and admitted the averments of the complaint and agreed to a sale. Defendants-appellees Henry Tompkins and Eugenia Tompkins denied the…