GAY v. TOMPKINS

No. 79-206.

385 So.2d 973 (1980)

Viola Marcum GAY et al. v. Henry TOMPKINS and Eugenia Tompkins.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac P. Espy of Tucker, Gray & Espy, Tuscaloosa, for appellants.

George S. Wright of Rosen, Wright, Harwood & Albright, and Gordon Davis, Tuscaloosa, for appellees.


BEATTY, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant Viola Marcum Gay brought suit seeking a sale in lieu of partition against ten defendants. Eight of the ten defendants answered and admitted the averments of the complaint and agreed to a sale. Defendants-appellees Henry Tompkins and Eugenia Tompkins denied the allegations of the complaint and alleged that they alone had title to the subject property.

All of the parties derive...

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