Mansfield v. Davenport

POPE, Justice.

This is a partition suit. Laura Mansfield Davenport, joined by her husband, sued her seven brothers and sisters for a partition of the Mansfield Ranch in Bandera County. The trial court granted the prayer for her partition, but also ordered all eight shares partitioned. The seven defendants have appealed, contending that they should not be compelled to divide their shares when they desire to keep them together. The Davenports do not resist this contention. They urge only that the appeal is premature, this being merely the first order in the partition suit.

We overrule the…