Gharky v. Werner

Citations

• 66 Cal. 388
• 5 P. 676
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 450

Syllabus

<p>Estates of Deceased Persons—Sale of Real Estate—Amendment of Petition.—Where a petition for the sale of real estate of a deceased person is defective in not containing a description of all the real estate of which the decedent died seized, it cannot without further notice he amended at the hearing, so as to validate an order of sale based thereon. After such amendment the petition becomes a new petition, and proceedings de novo must be had.</p>