Womble v. Walker

Ms,. Justice G-ailoe

delivered-the opinion of the Court.

The original bill was filed in this cause seeking the sale for partition of a tract of 744.52 acres of farm land in Lauderdale County, which had been owned at the time of her death in May, 1937, by Mrs. Ellen Walker, who was the mother of the complainant, Mrs. Linnie Walker Womble, and the grandmother of the other two complainants. They based their right to have the sale on the allegation that they were the heirs at law of Mrs. Ellen Walker. The principal defendant, Mark A. Walker, is the son of Mrs. Ellen Walker.

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