Wolff v. Wohlien
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. After the decision of the Supreme Court, in the case of Speck v. Wolilien, in 22 Mo. 310, deciding that the approval of the administrator’s report of sale at the same term at which the sale was made was void, the plaintiff, with John Wolff, the surviving administrator, in 1857, filed their petition in the St. Louis Probate Court, praying an approval of the sale of the real estate made by the administrators at the March term, 1845. They…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. After the decision of the Supreme Court, in the case of Speck v. Wolilien, in 22 Mo. 310, deciding that the approval of the administrator’s report of sale at the same term at which the sale was made was void, the plaintiff, with John Wolff, the surviving administrator, in 1857, filed their petition in the St. Louis Probate Court, praying an approval of the sale of the real estate made by the administrators at the March term, 1845. They notified the heir, L. Rudolph Wolilien, and Charles Gibson, John Riggin, and Archibald Gamble, who claimed as purchasers…
1Opinion of the CourtDryden, Judge
It appears from the record that, in August, 1842, Diedericli Wohlien died seized of three and a half acres of land in commons of St. Louis — the property in controversy — leaving a widow, Ann Wohlien and one child (the respondent, L. Rudolph Wohlien,) his only heir. Soon thereafter, his widow and the appellant Wolff were appointed the administrators of the estate by the St. Louis Probate Court; and at the March term, 1845, of said Probate Court they procured an order for the sale of the real estate to pay the debts of the deceased; and at the June term, 1845, they sold the same at auction,…
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