Rhorer v. Brockhage

A writ of error is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the circuit court, directing that certain real estate be sold for partition, confirming the sheriff’s sale of the same, and ordeiing a distribution of the proceeds.

I. The first question which we shall consider is raised by the defendants in error, and concerns the state of the record. One of the defendants, John William Brockhage, a minor, appeared, and defended by a guardian ad litem, and contested the right of the plaintiffs to have partition of the land in controversy, chiefly on the ground that he had a minor’s right of homestead…