Richardson v. Butler

Action to quiet title. Judgment for

plaintiffs, from which and from an order denying a new trial, the defendants Kate Dunne and Alice Dunne appeal.'

Plaintiffs claim title to the disputed premises as heirs at law of their deceased father, John Sproul. Defendants claim title under a probate sale made to their grantors in the course of the administration of the estate of said Sproul, deceased, upon the petition of his administratrix, Mary Ann Sproul. The court below ruled said sale to be void; and, practically, the only question in the case is, whether or not that ruling was correct.

The court…