Dent v. Benjamin

Opinion by

Judge Lindsay:

It is not necessary to determine whether the alleged irregularities in the proceedings resulting in the decretal sale of the Fifth Street property, would be sufficient to justify the chancellor in refusing to adjudge a specific performance of the contract between Dent and Benjamin. After the judgment in the case of Mankin v. Dent had been rendered, and before the sale, Henry Dent became the statutory guardian of the infants whose property was about to be sold. He was, from the date of his qualification as guardian, bound to protect the interest of his wards, and had no…