In re Estate of Packer

Citations

• 125 Cal. 396
• 58 P. 59
• 1899 Cal. LEXIS 870

Syllabus

<p>Estates of Deceased Persons—Sale of Realty for Benefit of Heirs—Vested Rights—Constitutional Law.—Upon the death of the ancestor, the heiifS become at once vested with the full property in his real estate, subject only to liens or burdens then existing or created by statutes then in force; and the legislature has no constitutional power, by a subsequent enactment, to interfere with the vested rights of the heirs to dispose of their own property, by authorizing a sale of the realty to be made by an executor or administrator solely for the benefit of the heirs.</p>