Ex parte White

Citations

• 118 Miss. 15
• 78 So. 949

Syllabus

<p>1. Wills. Joint power to sell realty.</p> <p>Where a will provided that all-property should be kept in tact and managed absolutely by testator’s wife and son-in-law who were appointed executors without bond. That the “sale of any real estate as to time and price and parcel is left absolutely with my executors” and that “no accounting shall be required as to receipts and expenditure. In such case the power to sell and convey the real estate could be exercised only by the executors jointly and such power did not survive the death of the wife.</p> <p>2. Wills. Construction.</p> <p>In the construction of wills the controlling question in each case is to arrive at the intention of the testator.</p>