Ratterman v. Apperson

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Reversing.

In the year, 1888, Loretta Gibson owned one-third of a tract of land containing 68 acres in Kenton county, and James Wren owned two-thirds. Sadie Hillenmeyer held a purchase money lien for $1,200 on Wren’s two-thirds. On March 27, 1888, Loretta Gibson brought a suit against Wren for the partition of the tract, alleging that it could be divided without materially impairing its value. Wren filed an answer in which he denied that the land could be divided and asked that it be sold and the proceeds divided. The case being submitted the circuit…