Watson v. Hewitt

Moore, Associate Justice.

Tiffs suit was brought by the plaintiffs in error to try title to an undivided half of the tract of land described in their petition, of which they allege they have been wrongfully dispossessed by the defendant, who is, they admit, the owner of the other half of it. In addition to their prayer for judgment for title and possession of the undivided half of the land, they also ask that a partition be made by the court between themselves and defendant, and their respective portions of it be set apart to them in severalty. For answer to plaintiffs’ petition, the defendant…