Lust v. Kolbe

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• “[a] trustee may be appointed without the necessity of a court order, as e.g., by a trust, will, mortgage, or deed. His powers usually stem from the instrument creating the position and not by a decree of court. The property in the hands of a trustee is not in custodia legis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).