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Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. William Gray Jr., Katherine E. Ramsey
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. William Gray Jr., Katherine E. Ramsey
University of Richmond Law Review
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Arkansas And The Uniform Probate Code: Some Issues And Answers, Richard V. Wellman
Arkansas And The Uniform Probate Code: Some Issues And Answers, Richard V. Wellman
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
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Executors And Administrators-Sale Of Realty In The Estate-Better Price As Reason For Permitting Sale Under "Best Interests Of The Estate" Provision, William J. Bogaard
Executors And Administrators-Sale Of Realty In The Estate-Better Price As Reason For Permitting Sale Under "Best Interests Of The Estate" Provision, William J. Bogaard
Michigan Law Review
Pursuant to a Missouri statute permitting sale of real property for any purpose in the best interests of the estate, administrator filed a petition for power to sell realty in the estate of the decedent for the reason, inter alia, that a better price could be obtained at a private sale than at a judicial sale resulting from a suit for partition. The plaintiff heir's subsequent bill for partition of the real estate was dismissed by the trial court, which found that the administrator's petition for power to sell had conferred jurisdiction of the property on the probate court. …
Descent And Distribution-Necessity Of Administration Of Decedents' Estates-Effect Of Statutes Which Change The Devolution Of Personal Property, Neal Seegert S.Ed.
Descent And Distribution-Necessity Of Administration Of Decedents' Estates-Effect Of Statutes Which Change The Devolution Of Personal Property, Neal Seegert S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
It is almost an axiom of the common law that upon the death of a person the title to his personal property vests in his personal representative. On the other hand it is equally axiomatic that title to real property descends directly to the heirs or devisees, subject to the control of the personal representative and the probate court for purposes of satisfying the debts of the decedent in the absence of sufficient personalty. A number of jurisdictions, however, have by statute altered the common-law doctrine and have provided that title to both personalty and realty passes directly to the …