Horton v. Koner

Tom Glaze, Judge.

This appeal results from the chancellor’s denial of partition in an action the appellant brought against the seven appellees. The facts are undisputed. In 1972, the appellee Diana Rivers purchased a 520-acre tract in Newton County on which she established a community called Sassafras. The residents of Sassafras had a “back to the land’’ philosophy. In an attempt to return to a simpler life, the group eschewed chemical fertilizers and pesticides in their gardening, conducted their business by a “consensus democracy,” and held an antipathy toward private ownership of property.…