219 S.W.2d 136
BONNER et al. 
v. 
OLIVER et al.
No. 2839.
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Tenth District. Waco.
March 17, 1949.
Rehearing Denied April 7, 1949.
        Appeal from District Court, Freestone County; Lex Smith, Judge.
        Partition suit by Mrs. Susie Oliver and others against Mrs. Artie Bonner and husband. From the 
judgment, the defendants appeal.
        Affirmed.
        J. S. Simkins and Norris W. Lovett, both of Corsicana, for appellants.
        Williford & Williford, of Fairfield, for appellees.
        LESTER, Justice.
        This suit was instituted by Mrs. Susie Oliver et al. against Mrs. Artie Bonner and husband for 
partition of land located in Freestone county.
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        It was developed upon trial of the case that prior to the filing of this suit some of the parties had 
agreed that the land should be partitioned, and three men who had lived in the community for several 
years and who were also owners of large tracts of land, were selected to partition said land. They secured 
a surveyor and went over the property and partitioned said property into thirteen separate tracts. The 
mother of all the interested parties drew lots for each party by number and the party took the tract 
corresponding to said number. Deeds were executed by all the parties except Mrs. Artie Bonner and 
husband. This refusal upon the part of Mrs. Bonner and husband prevented the partition proceedings from 
being carried out as originally planned, and this suit was filed.
        At the January, 1948, term of court the court entered its order finding that the land was susceptible 
of partition in kind and appointed three commissioners and ordered them to divide and partition said land 
into thirteen parts of equal value. No objections were made to the court's findings or order. The 
commissioners appointed by the court proceeded to partition the land and reported their action to the 
court. This partition was the same as the partition previously made by the commissioners selected by the 
parties. The appellant Mrs. Artie Bonner objected to the report as being unfair and unjust and a hearing 
was had upon said objections. The court overruled the same and approved the report. The court filed 
findings of fact and conclusions of law at the request of appellants.
        The evidence reveals that there were situated upon the land in question two old houses and some of 
the land faced upon roads and some of it was inaccessible to any road without going through land 
belonging to other people. The parties who were awarded the houses, one received 1.04 acres of land with 
the house and the other received .58 acre with the house, while the land the others received ranged from 
9.67 acres to 38 acres. Each tract or parcel was valued at $300.00. The tract that appellants received 
contained 15 acres.
        Appellants' objection to the partition as being unfair is that she claimed the value of one of the 
houses to be approximately $600.00 and the value of the other to be approximately $750.00, and 
produced three or four witnesses who testified accordingly; but several other witnesses testified the 
houses had no such value and that each of the tracts was of equal value, and that the partition was fair 
and equitable.
        The court found the partition to be fair and impartially made and entered judgment approving the 
report.
        The rule is well settled that where there is a conflict in the evidence the trier of the facts is the 
exclusive judge of the facts proved, the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given to their 
testimony. The trial court having found adversely to the appellants, and such finding having support in the 
evidence, the same is binding upon this court and we are not at liberty to disturb or set aside the court's 
judgment entered herein. Masten v. Masten et al., Tex.Civ.App., 166 S.W. 2d 347.
        Finding no reversible error, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.