Staley v. Dorset

This was a petition filed by the appellee, as administrator of the estate of Hiram Staley, deceased, against the appellants, as heirs of the decedent, praying for an order for the sale of certain real estate for the payment of debts. The order for sale was made by the Court below, and from that order the defendants appeal.

The appeal to this Court seems to have been taken under the provisions of § 556, 2 R. S. p. 159, allowing appeals to be taken after the close of the term at which the judgment is rendered, as no appeal was prayed in the Court below, nor any bond filed.

The appeal, we think,…