Ohio Oil Co. v. West

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Tilford

Reversing.

On July 2, 1935, Hobart West and Bettie West, Ms wife, instituted an action in the Daviess Circuit Court against the Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Hobart’s five brothers and sisters and their respective wives and husbands, and the widow and eight children of his deceased brother, William West, for the sale and division of the proceeds of a tract of land described by metes and bounds and alleged to contain 130 acres. Hobart’s deceased mother had owned a life estate in the property, and he and his brothers and sisters, the remainder. Hence, at…