Howard v. Deems

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

The nine adult children of Nathan Howard filed a petition in the Magoffin county court for the division of his land into nine equal shares and the allotment thereof to his children. Following this petition the county court entered an order appointing three commissioners and di*761•rented them to divide the land into nine equal parts and allot one part to each of the children. Afterwards the commissioners filed a report of their action in which, as was said: ‘ ‘ They proceeded to divide the said farm into nine equal parts according to said order and…