Hazelton v. Bogardus

Citations

• 8 Wash. 102
• 35 P. 602
• 1894 Wash. LEXIS 19

Syllabus

<p>EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS —ACTION BY HEIR PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION— FINAL SETTLEMENT — IRREGULAR SALE BY ADMINISTRATOR— CURATIVE ACT.</p> <p>Au action to quiet title cannot be maintained by an heir until after the close of the administration upon his ancestor’s estate.</p> <p>The approval of an administrator’s final account does not de: termine the administration upon an estate, but the court retains jurisdiction of the estate until there has been a final settlement, and a distribution of the property, or some other act equivalent thereto.</p> <p>Where an administrator’s petition for the sale of land and the order of sale made thereon give such an indefinite description of the land that it cannot be located, the sale made thereunder cannot be validated by the statute curing sales of real estate by administrators (Gen. Stat., §8066).</p>