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· 5/14/1888

Allen v. Gillette

Citations

  • 127 U.S. 589
  • 8 S. Ct. 1331
  • 32 L. Ed. 271
  • 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2022

Syllabus

<p>The principle that a trustee may purchase the trust property at a judicial sale, brought about by a third party, which he had no part in procuring, and over which he could not have had control, is upheld by numerous decisions of this court, and of other courts of this country, and prevails in Texas.</p>

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  • “The principle that a trustee may purchase the trust property at a judicial sale brought about by a third party, which he had taken no part in procuring, and over which he could not have had control, is upheld by numerous decisions of this court . . . .”

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Judges: Lamar

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