Mohideen Hadjiar vs Pitchey – clr volume 1 page 094

In the case between the plaintiff, who claimed title to the disputed property through an administrator’s public auction and conveyance, and the defendant, asserting title under a prior creditor’s judgment and subsequent fiscal’s sale, the central legal issue involved determining whether an executor’s title to estate property vests upon proving the will, irrespective of formal probate and unaffected by later grants of administration. The court held that title vested in the executor upon proving the will and that subsequent administrative actions could not divest such title, reaffirming the principle that the acts of a duly proven executor are binding on the estate. This outcome was reached based on colonial statutory interpretation and established precedents regarding executor authority and