Appellants Helen Stacy and Mary Williams appeal from a judgment in a partitioning action filed against them by appellees Emaly Conerly, Robert Culpepper, India Dennis, and James Culpepper. Appellee C. M. Stripling was a named defendant in the action. The appellants raise several issues regarding the trial court’s judgment, but for the reasons that follow, we find no merit to the contentions and affirm. All parties are brothers and sisters, except for Mr. Stripling, who was a former business partner of the siblings’ father. The partitioning action concerned two tracts of land. One tract, known as “Beaver Heights,” is 232.7 acres. Each sibling owned a 1/9th interest in that tract, and Mr. Stripling owned a 1/3rd interest. The other tract is known as “Pinecrest Farm,” and the deed describes it as being 288.885 acres, “more or less.” However, Mr. Pinson, who prepared an appraisal for the appellees, testified that he established its acreage at 245.6 acres based on a planimeter of the property. Each sibling owned 1/6th of the Pinecrest tract, with Mr. Stripling having no interest.
Based on the appraisal prepared by Mr. Pinson, the partitioners determined that Pinecrest Farm consisted of 245.6 acres and that Beaver Heights consisted of 232.7 acres. Further, based on that same appraisal, the partitioners determined that the value of Pinecrest Farm was $186,700 and that the value of Beaver Heights was $410,500, for a total value of $597,200 for the two tracts. The partitioners recommended that the four plaintiffs hereinafter the “sibling appellees” have ownership of all the Pinecrest tract and of 89.4 acres of the Beaver Heights tract; that Ms. Stacey and Ms. Williams have ownership of 78 acres of the Beaver Heights tract; and that Mr. Stripling have ownership of 65.3 acres of the Beaver Heights tract. The partitioners determined that the value of the land awarded to the sibling appellees was $306,914; that the value of the land awarded to Ms. Stacey and Ms. Williams was $153,454; and that the value of the land awarded to Mr. Stripling was $136,832.
