Ireland v. Dyer

Sarah Ireland brought suit against L. H. Dyer, administrator of S. B. Dyer, deceased, to recover her interest as distributee and heir at law of .the estate of said S. B. Dyer, who was the plaintiff’s father. It was alleged and admitted that there were several thousand dollars belonging to the estate in the hands of the administrator, which had not been distributed. The defense relied on was, that S. B. Dyer, prior to his death, had given to the plaintiff or to her husband for her, or to her jointly with her husband, a certain portion of his real estate as an advancement out of his estate; and…