In re the Sale of the Real Estate of Cornwall — 1 Tuck. Surr. 250

Majority

p. 250

The sale of the Real Estate of John T. Cornwall.

Headnote

Petition for sale of real estate of an intestate must be made within three years. ■ - - 1 " '

Jacob W, Cornwall, the administrator of the goods of John,T. Cornwall, deceased, petitions

p. 251

for leave to sell the lands of the intestate for the payment of his debts.

The petition is.riot presented- within three years after the granting of letters of administration to the petitioner. A single day after the expiration of the three years, the right of the adiriinistrator to petition was lost. Petition denied;