TRIGG v. TRIGG

No. 57098.

498 So.2d 334 (1986)

Ira L. TRIGG v. Viola B. TRIGG.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don A. McGraw, Jr., Danny L. Crotwell, Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & McGraw, Canton, for appellant.

John W. Christopher, Canton, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This appeal presents the question whether one joint tenant may maintain a partition action where her co-tenant is her husband from whom she is separated but not divorced and where her co-tenant husband claims homestead exemption with respect to property sought to be partited. Notwithstanding strong arguments based in principle and policy, we find the question answerable by reference to several statutory enactments of...

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