# Brown v. Brown

> Supreme Court of New Hampshire · December 5, 1899 · 70 N.H. 623

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3550739

## Case

- **Full name:** Brown, Ex’r, v. Brown & A.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of New Hampshire
- **Decided:** December 5, 1899
- **Citations:** 70 N.H. 623; 47 A. 591
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Pike
- **Judges:** Pike
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Pike, J.
The provision of the will does not authorize the ox•ecutor to mortgage the real estate. The testatrix’s wish that certain real estate be retained “ so long as the same may be expedí
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ent in a judicious administration ” of lier estate was simply a request that her executor should defer a sale (P. S.,
c.
194) so long-as practicable under the law relating to the settlement of estates-
Case discharged.
All concurred.

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