Bridge v. Snead

This is a suit under the statute for partition of a tract of land containing about thirty-one acres, instituted by J. C. Snead, who owns three-fifths thereof, and his wife, Melissa Snead, who owns one-fifth thereof, against J. B. Bridge, the appellant, who owns the other one-fifth. Code, sections 5279, 5280 and 5281, amended Acts 1928, page 1012. The issue raised is whether the land should be divided in kind, or sold for division. The trial court directed a sale of the property, and this appeal was allowed from that decree.

By the first decree of December 13, 1926, commissioners were appointed…