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UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF BLAIR v. BLAIR

No. 89-CA-60.

601 So.2d 848 (1992)

UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW of Lewis BLAIR and Emma Blair, Both Deceased, Katie Allen, Susie Tyler, George Blair, Beatrice Lenear Pittman, John Blair and Marie Spraggins v. Henry Lewis BLAIR, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Mills, Aberdeen, for appellant.

Gary Goodwin, Goodwin & Goodwin, Columbus, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and McRAE, JJ.

McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Clay County, Mississippi, involving a dispute between siblings concerning the partition of a fifty-acre parcel of land they inherited as tenants in common from their parents. Appellants failed to defend, but they contend that the Chancellor nevertheless erred by decreeing a partition by sale in their absence. On appeal, they raise the following issues:

I. WHETHER A CHANCELLOR MAY...

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