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Determination Of Heirship, Paul E. Basye Apr 1956

Determination Of Heirship, Paul E. Basye

Michigan Law Review

Nearly a hundred years have elapsed since the Supreme Court emphatically voiced its conviction as to the necessity of having some method for making a final determination concerning the devolution of the ownership of property upon the death of its owner.


Possession And Control Of Estate Property During Administration: Indiana Probate Code Section 1301 Jan 1954

Possession And Control Of Estate Property During Administration: Indiana Probate Code Section 1301

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Executors And Administrators-Powers Of Executor Prior To The Grant Of Letters Testamentary, R. V. Wellman Jun 1948

Executors And Administrators-Powers Of Executor Prior To The Grant Of Letters Testamentary, R. V. Wellman

Michigan Law Review

Testator's will was probated solely for the purpose of passing title to the real estate involved. There was no request for letters testamentary by those named executors in the will, it being alleged that there was no personal estate necessitating administration. Six days prior to the expiration of the statutory period for commencing such an action, plaintiffs, creditors, started a suit against the persons named as executors for the purpose of extending the lien of their debt against the land in the estate. The defendants appeared specially to question the propriety of the action against them. On appeal from the …


Wills - Executors And Administrators -Titles - Effect Of The Revocation Of Probate Decrees On The Title To Realty Acquired By Bona Fide Purchase From Heir Or Devisee, Victor P. Kayser Nov 1937

Wills - Executors And Administrators -Titles - Effect Of The Revocation Of Probate Decrees On The Title To Realty Acquired By Bona Fide Purchase From Heir Or Devisee, Victor P. Kayser

Michigan Law Review

There are probably few chains of title to realty that do not contain at least one link consisting of a conveyance from one who claimed as heir or devisee of a decedent. The ability of the granter to convey resulted from the fact that he was heir of an intestate or was a devisee under the last will of his testator. Sometimes it has occurred that the grantee has purchased for value and with no knowledge or suspicion of an impending attack on his grantor's title, only to have it subsequently determined in a judicial proceeding that his grantor's ancestor …


Cases On Wills And Administration, By Philip Mechem And Thomas E. Atkinson, Paul L. Sayre Jun 1928

Cases On Wills And Administration, By Philip Mechem And Thomas E. Atkinson, Paul L. Sayre

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.