Sanders v. Greenstreet

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

This was an action of ejectment, brought by purchasers from the heirs of Peter Cadue to recover possession of certain lands held by defendants under a deed from the administrator de bonis non of the estate of said Peter Cadue. The case turns therefore upon the validity of such deed, and two questions are presented: first, as to the effect of such deed as evidence; and second, as to the jurisdiction of the court to appoint an administrator. If the court had no jurisdiction to appoint an administrator, then of course the deed fails, and if the…