Shull Ex Rel. Shull v. Rigby

Stacy, C. J.,

after stating the ease: That a court of equity has the power to order the sale of property belonging to a minor, in a proceeding properly constituted for the purpose, admits of no doubt. Tyson v. Belcher, 102 N. C., 112, 9 S. E., 634; Rackley v. Roberts, 147 N. C., 201, 60 S. E., 975; Settle v. Settle, 141 N. C., 553, 54 S. E., 445.

But what interest does the petitioner own in the locus in quo f Clearly not an unencumbered fee, for during the lifetime of A. Byron Shull the executors and trustees have “the right to cut, sell and in anywise dispose of the standing trees and timber,…