Gill v. Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing & Transportation Co.

This was a petition for partition brought by ¡Napoleon B. Gill, in the circuit court of Jackson county, against the Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company, to set apart and divide certain lands in Jackson county. On the hearing the court dismissed the petition, and this decision is assigned as error.

It is, however, contended, on behalf of the defendant, that the decision was right for two reasons: First, because the petition does not contain a particular description of the premises sought to be divided, as required by statute; second, on the ground that petitioner, under…