Silverman

Action to recover possession of an undivided interest in real property, described as lots 30, 31, and 32, in block 61, in the town of Fresno. Judgment went for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff claims title as heir of H. D. Silverman, deceased; and defendants claim under probate sale made during the administration of the estate of said deceased. Appellant contends that the probate sale was void, because the petition upon which it was based was too defective to give the probate court jurisdiction; and the particular defect of the petition which he specifies is its alleged failure to state the value of the property sought to be *549 sold, as required by section 1537 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The petition, which was made by the administratrix, shows that the inventory and appraisement were made September 25, T887, —but a little over five months before the petition itself was filed. The language of the petition which bears upon the question here involved is as follows: "That a full description of all the real estate of which the said decedent died seised, or in which he had any interest, or in which the said estate has acquired any interest, and the condition and…