McDonald v. Coryell

This was an action in the Jackson Circuit Court by the appellants against the appellees, for the partition of the lands described in the complaint.

The appellants are the children of Hiram Marling, Sr., who died seized of the land, and the appellees are his grandchildren.

The only controverted question in the case relates to an alleged advancement made by the said Hiram Marling, Sr., to the father of the appellees. Upon the issue involving this question the court found for the appellees. The assignment of error calls in question the propriety of the ruling of the circuit court in denying the…