Updegraff v. Trask

California Supreme Court
Updegraff v. Trask, 18 Cal. 458 (Cal. 1861)
1861 Cal. LEXIS 232
Baldwin

Updegraff v. Trask

Opinion of the Court

Baldwin J. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Cope, J. concurring.

The principal question in this case is, whether the heir can maintain ejectment for realty left by the ancestor, a considerable period elapsing after the. death, and no administration having been taken on the estate and there being no debts.

We think, independent of other qualification than the fact that no administration exists upon the estate, that the heir may maintain this action. He has a right of entry, subject only to the claim of the administrator, when there is one. This follows from his general title cast by the descent, which is only qualified by the particular statutory right given the administrator. (See Beckett v. Selover, 7 Cal. 216; see also Bufford v. Holliman, 10 Texas, 564, where the subject is fully discussed under a not dissimilar statute of that State.)

It is not necessary to notice other points.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
UPDEGRAFF v. TRASK
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4 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
The heir has a right of entry upon the real estate left by his ancestor, subject only to the statutory right of the administrator; and where there is no administrator, the heir can maintain ejectment.