Nichols v. Clare

Citations

• 35 Ohio C.C. Dec. 846
• 32 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 555

Syllabus

<p>DEATH — PARTITION</p> <p>Bond for Repayment of Heir Missing for Seven Year's, Prerequisite to Partition.</p> <p>Inasmuch as the presumption of death after an absence of seven years without being heard from is rebuttable, a court will order, in a partition of property in which the missing party has an interest, that on distribution bond be given for repayment to him of the amount of his interest in the event of his reappearance, or to his heirs upon satisfactory proof being offered of his death.</p>