Powers v. Tyler

Opinion by

Judge Cofer :

The appellants alleged that Mrs. Powers was the owner of an interest of one-fifth in the several parcels of land described in the petition, and that the appellees were each in the possession of a separate parcel, claiming the same under a judgment and sale made in the case of Tyler v. Hawe’s Heirs, and then in order to show that Mrs. Powers was not divested of her interest by the judgment and sale, they alleged that both were void.

The suit of Tyler v. Hawe’s Heirs was a proceeding to sell the lands of infants and married women, and should have conformed to the…