Lyman v. Stroudbach

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

This is a suit to compel the defendant to accept title to two lots of ground purchased from plaintiff.

The property was formerly owned by John Reilly and Cecelia Bleak-ley, his wife, as community property. John Reilly died in 1884, and his widow opened his succession and qualified as natural tutrix of the minors, John and Cecelia Reilly. The succession was administered by the tutrix. The succession was in debt.

The tutrix applied for the sale of the succession property or a part of it, and in her petition made the following allegations:

“That…