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(7) That the said vendor declares that he is the sole heir of the said property : but should other heirs be established...by order of any Court, the vendor is not responsible.

2. In December 1919 George C.E. Skinner died intestate and on 11th February 1921, Robert Hercules Skinner filed a suit for specific performance of the agreement of sale dated 18th June 1918, and also for possession of the properties in suit. The suit was resisted by the defendants in that case. One of the defendants was Mrs. Alice Georgina Skinner, who had claimed that she was entitled to one-half share in the estate of Richard Ross Skinner. One Thomas Skinner was made administrator-ad-litem of the estate of George C. E. Skinner, deceased. Major Stanley E. Skinner was also substituted in place of Mr. Angelo as the administrator of the estate of Richard Ross Skinner. Mrs. Alice Skinner died during the pendency of the case and the name of Lieutenant James B. B. Skinner was substituted in her place as her executor. The suit was dismissed by the trial Court. Against that decree an appeal was preferred to the High Court. By its judgment dated 22nd January 1926, this Court allowed the appeal, set aside the decree of the first Court and passed a decree in favour of Robert Hercules Skinner in the following terms: