Doe on the demise of Mitchell v. Bowen

Ejectment. Judgment for the defendant.

The lessor of the plaintiff claims title as the sole heir of James Mitchell, deceased, and is entitled to recover if he had not been deprived of his title to the land by a sale made by the administrators upon his father’s estate, through which the defendants derive title.

The validity of that sale must be determined upon a simple inspection of the Probate Court record, no extrinsic evidence having been given.

That record shows, as it appears by the transcript before us—

1. The appointment of the administrators.

2. An inventory and appraisement of the real…