Dascher v. Dascher

The main question presented on this appeal is whether the trustee under the will of Irving R. Dascher, deceased, had authority to sell fifty-five shares of the capital stock of Lady Byrd Hat Company, Inc. (Lady Byrd), owned by the testator at the time of his death. The relevant facts are not in dispute.

Irving R. Dascher, the testator, died on August 6, 1961, leaving to survive him his wife, Besse Dascher, and two sons, William and Gerald, and five grandchildren, being children of the two sons. He *168left a will dated June 12, 1958, and duly probated,, by which he disposed of his comparatively…