Dykes v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Partition. Before Judge Martin. Pulaski superior court. January 18, 1906. W. H. Jones and 0. H. Jones filed their application for partition of certain lands in Pulaski county. The petition alleges that because of the improvements on the land a just and equitable division by metes and bounds is impracticable, and prays for the sale of the, lands.
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Partition. Before Judge Martin. Pulaski superior court. January 18, 1906. W. H. Jones and 0. H. Jones filed their application for partition of certain lands in Pulaski county. The petition alleges that because of the improvements on the land a just and equitable division by metes and bounds is impracticable, and prays for the sale of the, lands. The plaintiffs in error, Dykes and Mullís, were minor heirs interested in the lands, and the court appointed a guardian ad litem to represent them, who accepted the appointment and filed a written consent that the lands be sold as prayed for in the…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The application to set aside the sale made under the order of the judge upon the partition proceedings is certainly open to the criticism made upon it by counsel for the defendants in error, that it is “unusual in form.” It is divided into twenty-four paragraphs, and tírese paragraphs are by the pleader characterized as “objections to certain partition proceedings.” It is unnecessary to discuss these objections in detail. It appears upon a reading of them that the objections embraced in paragraphs Nos. 1-16 are either entirely immaterial, or that they…
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