Matthews v. . Peterson

Petition by administrator to sell land to make assets to pay debts. By consent, the facts were found by the judge, and are as follows: The plaintiff’s intestate, Haywood J. Peterson, died 12 July, 1895. The plaintiff took out letters of administration 25 September, 1905. Tbis proceeding was begun 23 March, 1906, to make assets to pay five judgments taken before a justice of the peace 13 November, 1888, and docketed in the Superior Court tbe same day. These judgments were presented to the administrator a few weeks after his qualification, and were admitted by him to be valid claims against the…