Carr v. Hull

The question in this case concerns the power of an administrator to cause the lands of a decedent to be sold to pay debts of the decedent, where the petition fails to aver, and no evidence is offered that there are any such debts. Edwin Hull, a resident of Summit county, died in 1892 intestate. He left seven children, one of w,hom, a daughter, having intermarried, subsequently died, leaving a minor child, and Gideon Carr was appointed its guardian. He also left a farm worth about $4,-000, and some personalty. No administration was taken out. upon his estate until July 15, 1897, when one…