Evans v. Little

Nichols, Justice.

This case involves a dispute between two groups of co-tenants. Appellant Evans brought an action in superior court seeking partition of a 50-acre farm and an accounting for the proceeds that appellee Little had retained from rental of the farm and from the sale of timber. Nine co-tenants joined with Evans; the other seven with Little. Four days after Evans gave the twenty days’ notice required by Code Ann. § 85-1506 that he would seek partitioning and an accounting, Little filed an application in probate court seeking appointment as permanent administrator of the estate left…