State ex rel. Sparrow v. Kelso

Action upon a bond executed by an administrator and his sureties for the purpose of selling real estate to pay the decedent’s debts.

The ease made by the complaint is this: The relatrix is the widow of Nelson Sparrow, who died, testate, in 1877. She elected to take under the law. The decedent’s real estate at the time of his death was encumbered by taxes and by a mortgage executed by him and his wife, the relatrix. The appellee Jerome T. Kelso was appointed and qualified as administrator with the will annexed. No personal property came to his hands except what was taken by *588the widow. He…