Washington v. Smith

By the WHOLE COURT.

O’NIELL, C. J.

This is a suit to confirm by judicial decree an .act of partition of lands in which a minor child has an interest. The plaintiffs are the major co-owners of the lands. There are nine of them. Four own a sixth interest each, and five own an eighteenth interest each. The minor, Rufus Smith, owns the remaining eighteenth interest.

The partition is supposed to have been made in conformity with the provisions of the Act 15 of 1918, p. 21. The statute provides that lands that are owned jointly by persons who are sui juris and persons non sui juris may be partitioned…