Case Name: Ex parte Cousins, petitioner
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1828-04
Citations: 5 Me. 240
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ex parte Cousins, petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 240–240

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.