In re Estate of O'Sullivan

This is an appeal from an prder for the sale of real property, and an order confirming the sale and directing conveyances to be made.'

The facts set out in the record are as follows:—

On November 1,1885, the administrator of the estate of James C. O’Sullivan, deceased, filed in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco a petition, verified, in all respects sufficient, for the sale of certain real *445 property belonging to the estate. Thereupon an order to show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted was duly made and filed. The order directed that a copy thereof should be published once a week for four successive weeks in the Weekly Star, a weekly newspaper printed and published in the said city and county. At the time named in the order, and after proof of its publication for the time specified, and that proper notice had been given, and after taking testimony, the judge of the court made an order for the sale of the property at private sale. Thereafter the administrator caused notice of the sale to be posted up in three of the most public places of the said city and county, and to be published in the Monitor, a weekly newspaper printed and…