Chamberlin v. Thorne

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This action was brought by collateral heirs against Robert L. Thorne, an adopted son, H. M. Beckett, administrator of the estate of Ada C. Thorne, deceased, and EL M. Beckett, trustee. Four causes of action were pleaded for the respective purposes of establishing title to property of the deceased, for an accounting, to cancel certain deeds held by the trustee and for the ejectment of defendants from property owned by the deceased. Against the petition defendants lodged a demurrer. The demurrer was on four grounds. The third ground was the…