Okeson's Appeal

The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court, delivered in 1854, by

Lewis, J.

— On the 12th January, 1809, letters of administration were issued upon the estate of James Black, deceased. William Okeson, who was married to a daughter of the decedent, now presents his petition for. a citation to the executors, to settle the administration account. The paper book does not show the date of presenting this petition, but we infer, from what does appear, that the application was made in the year 1850, forty years after the death of the testator.

It is needless to repeat the familiar…