Wildermuth v. Long

Citations

• 196 Pa. 541
• 46 A. 927
• 1900 Pa. LEXIS 551

Syllabus

<p>Deed — Executor and administrator — Accounting for purchase money.</p> <p>Where a father-in-law executes a deed for “ all his right, title and interest of and in ” certain land which had belonged to his deceased son-in-law, and subsequently takes out letters of administration upon the son-in-law’s estate, neither the substituted administrator of the son-in-law nor the heirs of the son-in-law have any standing after the expiration -of twenty years from the date of the deed to recover from the father-in-law’s estate the amount of the purchase money mentioned in the deed, as it passed only the interest of the father-in-law in the premises and did not affect and could not have affected any interest which the heirs of the son-in-law had in the land.</p> <p>Practice, C. P. — Amendment—Parties.</p> <p>Where an action lias been brought by an administrator to recover money alleged to be due to the decedent’s estate, the record cannot be amended by substituting for the administrator the heirs at law of the deceased.</p>