Blackburn v. Blackburn

Opinion op the Court by

Turner, Commissioner

Affirming.

Ison Blackburn died intestate, a resident of Pike county, leaving ten children as his heirs at law.

Thereafter part of the children instituted this action against the others for partition of a tract of land alleged to have been owned by Ison at his death. In’that action Roland T. Blackburn, one of the heirs at law, in an answer and cross petition, asserted title in himself to the whole of the tract of land in question, and exhibited with his pleading an alleged title bond said to have been exe*311cuted and delivered to him by Ms deceased father…