Sullivan v. Lawlis

*409The parties to this action together own property located at 172-174 Shrewsbury Street in Worcester (property). The plaintiff, Gail F. Sullivan, holds her 2/9 interest as the result of a property division incident to her divorce from her former husband, who purchased the property with the defendant Philip P. Palmieri in 1986. As the parties' relations deteriorated, Sullivan filed a petition in the Land Court, seeking to partition the property. In response, the defendants challenged the jurisdiction of the Land Court, claiming that the property is ineligible for partition because the…