Case Name: Lasure and Others v. Carter, Administrator
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1854-12-07
Citations: 5 Ind. 498
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lasure and Others v. Carter, Administrator.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 498–498

Head Matter:
Lasure and Others v. Carter, Administrator.
An administrator, under the R. S. 1843, was authorized to admit the justness of claims filed against the estate.
It was competent for the Prohate Court to correct an error in the description of land, in an appraisement made under an administrator’s petition to sell real estate.
ERROR to the Switzerland Circuit Court.
Thursday, December 7,
D. Kelso, for the plaintiffs.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Petition by an administrator to sell real estate to pay debts. The heirs were duly made parties, and answered, and a sale was ordered.
The principal question made is upon the right of the administrator to admit the justness of claims against the estate. We have no doubt on this point. The statute of 1843 expressly authorized him to make such admission, even in Court. Claimants, also, might be sworn.
By the code of 1852, this power of the administrator was taken away, but the complaints occasioned thereby, on account of the costs of a trial upon every claim, induced the legislature of 1853 to attempt to restore the power. Laws of 1853, p. 51, sec. 7.
Any error in the description of the land appraised for sale, in the report of the appraisers, could be corrected below.
We discover no error in this case.
The decree is affirmed with costs.