Foster v. Birch

Jones was the administrator upon the estate of Ethan Birch, deceased; and, to secure to the heirs of Birch the legal title to a piece of land in which Birch had an equity, he borrowed 200 dollars, paid the debt due upon the land, and had the title conveyed'to the heirs. No personal estate of Birch came to the hands of Jones, *446hi? administrator, by means of which the 200 dollars borrowed could be repaid. It became necessary, therefore, to sell a part of the real estate, the title to which had been procured by the 200 dollars borrowed, as Birch left no other. But the title to that was in the…