Calloway v. Doe

IT was held in this case, that if the purchaser of real estate at sheriff’s sale bring an action of ejectment to recover possession, and the defendant he any other person than the judgment debtor, the plaintiff must prove the title of the debtor to the premises (1).

Held, also, that a person appointed an executor, cannot have a right to the property of the testator, nor be liable to a suit for his debts, unless he accepts of the executorship.

Held, also, that the execution of a will in another state, devising land lying within this state, must be in conformity with the laws here. And as our…