Greenough v. Small

Citations

• 137 Pa. 132
• 20 A. 553
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 962

Syllabus

<p>1. The interest of an heir at law in the land of a decedent is not divested by an Orphans’ Court sale of the estate of the decedent therein for the payment of debts, until the confirmation of such sale by the Orphans’ Coui't and the execution and delivery of a deed to the Orphans’ Court vendee.</p> <p>2. Such sale is the act of the court by the hand of the decedent’s administrator ; and, though the purchaser have paid the purchase money and taken possession, the sale being unconfirmed and deed not delivered, the heir at law or his vendee may recover in ejectment: Armstrong’s App., 68 Pa. 409 ; Demmy’s App., 43 Pa. 169 ; Morgan’s App., 110 Pa. 271.</p>