Burke v. Barrett
Indiana Supreme Court
From Yigo Circuit Court; J. E. Piety, Judge. Suit by Richard Barrett and others against Mary Burke and others for partition. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appealed to the Appellate Court where the cause was reversed (31 Ind. App. 635), and plaintiffs appeal to Supreme Court, under clause 3, §1337j Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
— This is an appeal from the second division of the Appellate Court under clause 3, §1337j Burns 1901, which reads as follows: “In any case decided by either of said divisions of the Appellate Court any losing party shall have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court, only when the amount in controversy, exclusive of costs *417and interests on tlie. judgment of the trial court exceeds $6,000.”
This action is by appellees against appellants for the partition of real estate. The suit involved simply the parting of real estate between tenants in common, and the controversy rested upon the proper…
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