Appointment of trustee to convey realty; effect of conveyance by appointee.
Del. Code tit. 12, § 3503
in effectWhen any person seised of lands, tenements or hereditaments upon any trust is out of the jurisdiction of or not amenable to the process of the Court of Chancery or is mentally ill or it is uncertain where there were several trustees which of them was the survivor or it is uncertain whether the trustee last known to have been seised as aforesaid is living or dead or, if known to be dead, it is not known who are the trustee’s heirs at law or if any trustee seised as aforesaid or the heirs at law of any such trustee neglect or refuse to convey such lands, tenements or hereditaments to the person entitled to receive such conveyance, for 20 days next after a proper deed for making such conveyance has been tendered for such person or their execution, by the person so entitled or the person’s agent or attorney, the Court of Chancery for the county wherein such lands, tenements or hereditaments are situated may appoint a person to convey the same to such person and in such manner as the Court directs. Any conveyance so made shall be as effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been executed by the trustee or the trustee’s heirs at law.
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