McLean v. Peyser

About nineteen years ago John R. McLean, of Cincinnati, died, leaving a will. Amongst his possessions was the newspaper known as the Washington Post, in which he owned a majority of the stock, the balance having been acquired after his death by the trustees of his estate. By item X of his will he said: “I direct that no sale of any of the newspaper properties or of any interest therein belonging to me at the time of my death shall be made by my executor or trustee until the same shall have first been approved in • writing by my friend, Francis T. Homer, of the City of Baltimore, in the State…