Case Name: The sale of the Real Estate of John T. Cornwall
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1870
Citations: 1 Tuck. Surr. 250
Docket Number: 
Parties: The sale of the Real Estate of John T. Cornwall.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tucker's Surrogate's Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 250–251

Head Matter:
The sale of the Real Estate of John T. Cornwall.
Petition for sale of real estate of an intestate must be made within three years. ■ - - 1 " '

Opinion:
The Surrogate.
Jacob W, Cornwall, the administrator of the goods of John,T. Cornwall, deceased, petitions for leave to sell the lands of the intestate for the payment of his debts.
The petition is.riot presented- within three years after the granting of letters of administration to the petitioner. A single day after the expiration of the three years, the right of the adiriinistrator to petition was lost. Petition denied;