Buchholz v. Sapp

A suit in which the wife of a named decedent and his children, who were all sui juris, joined as plaintiffs, was brought to recover upon an account due the decedent by one who had purchased certain articles, it being alleged that the estate represented by the plaintiffs owed no debts and that there was no administration. The suit was brought, not against the original debtor, but, subsequently to his death, against the administrator of the sole heir of the debtor’, the administrator having Sold real estate which the heir referred to had taken possession of and claimed as his own. Held:

1. This…