Ruff v. Baker

Both the trial court and the majority of the Court of Appeals were of the opinion that the issues presented the question whether appellee and her sister (who were considered necessary parties) were virtually represented in the land sale action. On this question it was the opinion of the majority of the Court of Appeals that the court of probate in the sale of real estate action did not have jurisdiction over the persons of the claimants, nor did that court attempt to exercise any jurisdiction over the subject matter inso far as the cause before it pertained to the extinguishment of claimants’…