White v. VanPatten

Mr. ChiEE Justice Carter

delivered the opinion of the court:

This was a proceeding for the partition of one hundred and twenty acres of farm land, filed in the circuit court of Lake county by appellee. A decree of partition was entered in the trial court and commissioners were appointed, who reported that the land was not susceptible of partition without manifest prejudice to the parties in interest. The trial court thereafter entered a decree approving the findings of the commissioners and ordering the land sold. From that decree this appeal has been prayed.

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