McConnel v. Kibbe

This was a bill in chancery exhibited in the Morgan Circuit Court by Murray McConnel, complainant, against Jairus Kibbe, defendant, for partition of a certain house and lot of ground in Jacksonville, in that county. The cause proceeded to a final hearing on the bill, answer and testimony, resulting in a decree dismissing the bill. To reverse this decree, this writ of error is prosecuted by complainant.

The nature of the controversy will be understood from a brief statement of the leading facts.

The property in question was a large two story brick building, and an L, once used as a hotel, and…