Smith v. McNaughton

This is a land partition case. All the parties to the suit were joint owners and tenants in common by inheritance of approximately 520 acres of land lying in Butler and Conecuh Counties, less an undivided three-quarters interest in and to all oil, gas and minerals on 280 of those acres. Clara E. McNaughton and others filed suit in the Circuit Court of Butler County seeking a sale for division of the land. Leroy English and others filed answers requesting that the land be partitioned instead of sold. The pending administration of the estate of Abbie English, former life tenant of the property,…