1927 Present: Schneider J. and Maartensz A.J.

SORLENTINA v. DE KRETSER.

142-D. C. Colombo, 3,090.

Administration-Secretary appointed administrator-Sale of properly by order of Court before issue of letters-Estate Duty Ordinance, No. 8 of 1919, s. 19 (4).

An administrator, to whom letters of administration have not been issued, has no authority to sell the property of the estate, oven with the sanction of Court,

Where an order was made declaring the Secretary of the Court entitled to apply for letters of administration to an estate, the Commissioner of Stamps has no right to have a citation issued on the Secretary under section 32 of the Estate Duty Ordinance, until the latter has obtained letters of administration
APPLICATION to sat aside a sale of land held in pursuance of  an order of Court entered in testamentary proceedings. The Secretary of the Court applied for letters of administration on November 2, 1926. Order nisi was entered, and eventually on March 16, 1927, the order was made absolute. The only respondent to the application was the widow, the present petitioner, who by petition requested the Court to appoint the Secreta