Mood v. Mood

Jesse Mood instituted this action against his father, William S. Mood, and against the sureties upon bonds filed by the father as guardian of the estate of Jesse Mood, a minor. C. T. McDonald is joint plaintiff herein with Jesse Mood, but in this opinion the latter will be referred to as though he were sole plaintiff.

Plaintiff, as an heir of his mother, inherited an undivided one-eighth interest in a Whitman county farm. Defendant William S. Mood, the owner of a community one-half interest in "the land, instituted an action in partition, which resulted in an order of court directing that the…