Hartley v. O'Brien

Citations

• 70 Miss. 825

Syllabus

<p>Power. Appointment of trustee. Personal trust. Void sale.</p> <p>A power conferred on a beneficiary in a trust-deed to appoint a trustee, should the person named die, or be unwilling to act, is personal, and cannot be delegated; and where, under such power, an agent of the beneficiary assumes to appoint a trustee, a sale made by him will confer no title, either legal or equitable. Clark v. Wilson, 53 Miss., 119; Bon» ner v. Lessley, 61 lb., 392.</p>