Case ID: me_5/html/0240-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "The Court", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ex parte Cousins, petitioner.
    
    A license to .sell the land of a minor, under Stat. 1826. eh. 842, may be granted in the alternative, for public or private sale.
    The petitioner in this case represented that his ward, a minor, was seised of certain real estate, which it would be for his benefit to dispose of; and thereupon prayed for license to sell it either by public auction, or private sale, as might be most for the interest of the minor. ^ - -
    At the reading of the petition a question was made whether it was necessary, under Stat. 1826. eh. 342, that the mode of sale should be designated by the Court.
    
      Hussey, for the petitioner.
   The Court

were of opinion .that it was not necessary; and granted a license to the guardian to sell the land either by public-auction or private sale, as he might find most for the interest of his ward.