Atchison v. Goodwin

ALMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment confirming a sale of real property in an action originally filed as a suit for sale for division. Two of the heirs objected to the sale for division, but they have not appealed from the trial court’s decree. The appellant is the original plaintiff who requested the sale for division.

John W. Atchison filed this action as an heir of Steve and Mattie Atchison, who died intestate owning 239 acres of land, more or less. John’s complaint named as defendants Hattie Goodwin, “the other unknown heirs at law, or devisees of Steve and Mattie Atchison,”…