Thompson v. Hall

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

This is a quiet-title action in which the parties agree that the only question presented is the following: May a guardian of the estate of a minor., with the consent of the probate court, effect a binding agreement partitioning lands between his ward and the other cotenant? The question obviously involves the jurisdictional authority of the probate court under the present probate code.

The guardian filed in the probate court a petition for partition, setting forth that the ward, Rachel Hall, and the appellee, A. C. Thompson, were cotenants…