Case Name: Welles v. Faning, Administrator of Holaburt
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1785-01
Citations: 1 Root 95
Docket Number: 
Parties: Welles v. Faning, Administrator of Holaburt.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 95–95

Head Matter:
Welles v. Faning, Administrator of Holaburt.
An administrator cannot compel a creditor to lake tlie land of the deceased, upon execution.
Soiee Faotas. The administrator plead that ho tendered lands of said deceased to the officer who had said execution, to be taken and appraised off, in satisfaction thereof, to a much greater valne than, said debt, which hotli said officer and the creditor refused to accept. To this plea a demurrer was given.

Opinion:
And judgment — That the plea is insufficient; for an administrator cannot compel a creditor to take the lands of the deceased in satisfaction of his debt.