Ector v. Grant

E. L. Grant, as administrator of Frank M. Ector, applied to the ordinary for leave to sell land belonging to the estate of his intestate. Benton B. Ector, who claimed to be the sole heir of Frank M. Ector, filed a caveat to this application, upon grounds not necessary to be referred to in the discussion which will follow. The case was appealed to the superior court, and at the trial there it was held that Benton B. Ector was not an heir at law of the intestate, and the caveat was overruled. The claimants to the estate were Benton B. Ector on the one side, and E. L. Grant and his brothers and…