Whitley v. Towle

Appellee brought an action of ejectment against appellant to oust appellant from certain lands in the county of Washington which had theretofore been the property of appellant’s deceased husband. During the course of the administration of the estate of appellant’s said husband, the administrator filed a petition under sections 1691, 1694, and 1695, Code 19301, for the sale of the land of the decedent to pay the debts of the estate; the personal property not being sufficient. This petition was filed in Washington county, where the estate was being ad ministered and where the land was situated.…