Nowak v. Etchieson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““9. I give and devise to J. F. Etchieson, of the City of Blytheville, Arkansas, as trustee for the uses and purposes hereinafter mentioned and set forth, all of the rest and residue, of my real estate, wherever the same may be situated, of which I shall die seized and possessed, to be held and disposed of by him as such trustee in the manner hereinafter provided. “It is my will and command that the said trustee shall, as promptly after my death as he shall feel a reasonable price may be obtained therefor, sell all of my said real estate at private sale for the best obtainable price, and that, after deducting from the proceeds of such sale reasonable compensation for Ms time, effort and business judgment together with any expense incident to the sale, divide the proceeds of such sale equally among the within named ELLA CUNNINGHAM, BERTHA MILLER AND GLADYS MARTIN. If any notes or instruments of security shall he received in connection with any such sale said trustee shall personally endorse and assign the same without recourse on himself to the above three persons as tenants in common owning equal interest with each other. For these purposes, my trustee is hereby given absolute power and authority to negotiate and enter into any and all things, contracts and agreements for the sale of said property and to execute, acknowledge and deliver all contracts and instruments of conveyance that he shall deem to be expedient or desirable in connection with the disposition of such real es”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nowak v. Martin