Legal Opinion
Turner v. Turner
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 11, 1910No. 38487 Record No. 3096PublishedCited by 7 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.
The question to be decided upon this appeal is whether or not the wife of one joint tenant is a necessary or proper party defendant to a suit for partition instituted against him by the other joint tenant.
A suit in chancery was instituted by Heywood Turner against Jesse C. Turner, for the purpose of partitioning 275 acres of land which they own equally as joint tenants. They are brothers. James C. Turner is a married man but his wife, Violet V. Turner, was not made a party defendant.
In the bill of complaint is this allegation.
“Your complainant and the said respondent are the co-owners, in fee…
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