Stroud v. Stroud

STEAGALL, Justice.

Mikel Roy Stroud filed a complaint seeking the sale of IIOV2 acres of land in Coosa County, Alabama, and a division of the proceeds among the joint owners, alleging that the land could not be equitably divided. After taking oral testimony, the trial court dismissed the suit, finding that the property was subject to a homestead exemption and that the court was without jurisdiction to order a sale for division. We affirm.

S.T. Stroud died intestate in Coosa County, Alabama, in 1945. At the time of his death, he owned llOVk acres of land, on which he lived with his family. S.T.…