Evans v. Chew
| Citation | 71 Pa. 47 |
| Parties | Evans <I>versus</I> Chew. |
| Decision Date | 15 February 1872 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
Before AGNEW, SHARSWOOD and WILLIAMS, JJ. THOMPSON, C. J., at Nisi Prius
Certificate from Nisi Prius: No. 404, to January Term 1871.
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H. J. McCarthy and Porter, for plaintiff in error.—An administrator c. t. a. cannot sell the testator's real estate to divide and distribute the proceeds amongst legatees: Ross v. Barclay, 6 Harris 179; Waters v. Margerum, 10 P. F. Smith 39; Conklin v. Edgerton, 21 Wendell 430. To effect a conversion, the will must order a sale absolutely for all purposes, irrespective of contingencies and independent of discretion: Bleight v. Bank, 10 Barr 131; Wright v. Trustees, 1 Hoff. 203; Evans v. Kingsberry, 2 Randolph 120. The Acts of March 12th 1800, § 1, 3 Sm. L. 433; Act of February 24th 1834 §§ 13, 14, 67, Pamph. L. 75, 86; 1 Br. Purd. 417, 418, 419, pl. 64, 71, 72, 74, do not give to administrators c. t. a. the power to sell for distribution. The powers under this will are personal trusts and cannot pass to others than the trustees named: Cole v. Wade, 16 Vesey 27; Wills v. Cowper, 2 Hammond 127. The executors take as trustees, not virtute officii: 1 Powell on Devises 238; Judson v. Gibbons, 5 Wendell 224; 1 Sugden on Powers 138, pl. 37.
R. C. McMurtrie, for defendants in error.—The question is, whether a power to sell to pay legacies, given to executors, can be exercised by an administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. No legatee, or any one claiming under the testator, ever had any estate in the land under the terms of the will: Chew v. Chew, 4 Casey 17.
The recipient of the proceeds of the exercise of such a power to sell to pay legacies has no estate in the land whatever: Allison v. Wilson, 13 S. & R. 332; Alexander v. McMurry, 8 Watts 504. An executor can no more refuse to sell, to raise the fund for the residuary legatees, than for a pecuniary legatee: 2 Sugden on Powers 158-59.
An administrator c. t. a. can sell under a power, when the proceeds are payable to legatees, whether pecuniary or residuary: Cornell v. Green, 10 S. & R. 14; Allison v. Wilson, 13 Id. 330; Heron v. Hoffner, 3 Rawle 393; Allison v. Kurtz, 2 Watts 185; Commonwealth v. Forney, 3 W. & S. 353; Cobb v. Biddle, 2 Harris 444.
Judgment was entered February 15th 1872.
We are of opinion that without any reasonable doubt,...
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