Davis v. State Bank

In this case an interest in land of an infant was sold, at private sale, without appraisement. The proceeding was under the code of 1843. It was erroneous; but after it was had, the legislature passed an act legalizing it, and confirming the sale. Local Laws 1846, p. 137.

Under the old constitution, the legislature could pass special acts relative to infant’s estates. Doe v. Douglass, 8 Blackf. 10. And while Andrews v. Russell, 7 id. 474, remains the law of this Court, the statute above cited can not be set aside; and, consequently, the judgment of the Court below in this case, confirming the…