Bearden v. Benner
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
C. E. Bearden, H. F. Bearden, and Susie May Kunkel, formerly Bearden, citizens of Tennessee, have filed a bill invoking the equitable power of this court for the partition of a valuable business lot, with the improvements thereon, situated in the city of Macon, in this district. Briefly stated, it is averred in the bill that the title to the lot in dispute was vested in Charles A. Ells, Jn, and his sister Elizabeth M. Ells, by virtue of a devise in the will of their father, Charles A. Ells, Sr. This is not in dispute. Both the complainants and the defendant claim title…
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