Sanford v. Sanford

Appeal by Thomas Sanford and two other children of Marion J. Sanford from a judgment of the trial court confirming an auction sale of real estate conducted at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse on July 2, 1976.

All parties in this action are children of Marion J. Sanford, deceased. After their father's death, Thomas and James Sanford brought an action against their fourteen brothers and sisters seeking a sale for division of their father's 147 acre estate, alleging that the property could not be equitably divided. Attorney John Galese, a husband of one of the defendants, filed the suit for…