Sowles v. Rugg
Sowles v. Rugg
Opinion of the Court
On the facts found by the trial court the petitioner is entitled to a judgment that partition of the described premises be made, unless such right is defeated by the partition made on the petition of the defendant, of ninety acres, parcel of the described premises. The facts found in regard to the partition of the ninety acres, on the petition of the defendant, are substantially as follows : The title of the plaintiff and defendant to the ninety acres had its origin in a mortgage from William Buck, in which they were equally interested. The defendant took a quit claim from Buck of his right of redemption in one undivided half of the ninety acres; and while the plaintiff’s interest in the other undivided half was that of mortgagee, and while Buck still had the right of redemption therein, the defendant brought a petition for partition of the ninety acres against Buck and the petitioners. When the petition came before the court, by consent, judgment that partition be made between the defendant and Buck was rendered, and commissioners were appointed, and partition was made between them. The plaintiffs were made defendants to that petition, but no judgment was ever rendered, nor partition made between plaintiffs and defendant. The commissioners appointed to make that partition gave the plaintiffs due notice, through their attorney, of the hearing before them. But the plaintiffs did not attend, and took no part in the hearing. They were under no duty to attend nor to take part in that hearing, be
The defendant further contends that the plaintiffs have so acquiesced in the partition made between him and Buck that they are bound thereby. The defendant called upon them to have the division fence, made necessary by the partition, divided between him and the plaintiffs after Buck’s right of redemption was foreclosed. When so called upon they notified the defendant they were about to bring this petition for partition. Although for the purposes of occupation they built their part of the fence, yet, when this notice had been given, the defendant could not have understood
Judgment reversed; judgment that -partition be made as prayed for, and cause remanded.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- MARGARET B. SOWLES, TRUSTEE OF SUSAN B. SOWLES v. BENJAMIN F. RUGG
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- Published