Kerr v. Hooks
Kerr v. Hooks
Opinion of the Court
This case was brought here from the county of Brown, under advisement. The report excepted to, sets off to the complainant one hundred and ten acres, so laid off that the residue is separated into four tracts, of four, twenty-six, eighty-nine, and one hundred and sixteen acres, three of which are altogether cut off from connection with each other, and the other is separated into two parts by a ravine. The annexed diagram shows something like the partition.
The question is can such a partition be sustained ? The act referred to in the decretal order, requires the sheriff to set off to the defendant, or each party in interest, such portion of said estate as the court shall order: (29 O. L. 255) or if the estate will not divide, then, to return’ an ^appraisement in order to a sale. This estate of three hun- [610
The exceptions are allowed. The entry is to be certified to Brown county.
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- KERR v. HOOKS
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