Thompson v. Lynch

BERGER, Justice:

In this appeal we consider whether the Court of Chancery lacked subject matter jurisdiction to partition a parcel of land, and whether its decision was based on an adequate factual record. After the partition process had concluded, and appellants learned that they would not receive the divided parcel they wanted, they claimed that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to partition the land because it was not owned by the two parties as tenants in common. They also objected to one of the court’s factual findings. The Court of Chancery held that appellants were judicially estopped…