Dunham v. Armitage

An action in forcible entry and detainer, by Armitage, as administrator, defendant in error, against Miss Dun-ham, plaintiff in error, who claimed title and right of possession pursuant to a writing at the hand of the administrator’s decedent. To judgment awarding possession to the administrator, error is assigned.

While determination of right of possession on a restricted ground would suffice for the purposes of estate administration, the character and effect of the instrument on which plaintiff in error relies, ultimately to control, would remain to vex. Counsel have stressed the importance…