Howard v. Harrell

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

The appellees filed their bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Washington County, in Equity, praying that certain lands located in that county be sold for division. It is undisputed that appellees, C. E. Harrell, Jr., and S. Moxey Harrell, appellant O. H. Howard, and Robert Lewis, Jr., own the property in question as tenants in common.

The land is situated in three distinct parcels and is mostly wild and unimproved. Apparently, its principal use is for the growing of timber. The characteristics of the various parcels vary appreciably and there is evidence that…