MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
The demurrer was properly sustained on both grounds.
The theory of the bill, as appears from its averments and as it is stated by counsel for appellant, is that appellant is the proper party to sue, in her own name, for the proceeds of the lands of her father's estate, sold by Hammond in 1819 under power of attorney from Relf and Chew, and that...
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