Adams v. Phillips

In an action of complaint for land the plaintiff as administrator was nonsuited. On the trial his evidence showed that the intestate died in possession of the land, and that the defendant was the widow of a deceased son of plaintiff’s intestate who survived the intestate. The evidence did not show whether the son died testate or intestate. At the time of the death of the son ■ (defendant’s husband), she was living with him on the property in dispute. It was not shown that the plaintiff as administrator had obtained an order to sell, nor was it otherwise shown that it was necessary for the…