Waller v. Hogan

Ruth Hogan brought complaint, in the statutory form, • for the recovery of a certain described lot of land, against Wilson, Waller. Pending the case, she died, and James Hogan, as the administrator of her estate, was made plaintiff in her stead. The abstract of title attached to the plaintiff’s petition was: “Deed from James Hogan, administrator of Jeff. Hogan, deceased, to Ruth Hogan, dated the third day of November, 1891.” The defendant, by .his plea, admitted his possession of the land in dispute, and attacked the validity of the deed under which the plaintiff claimed, on the ground that…