Chap. 0136 An Act to authorize the sale of estates subject to remainder or reversion.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-three of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five is amended by striking out in the second line, the words "the supreme judicial court", and by inserting in place thereof the words : - or reversion, the probate court having jurisdiction where said estate is situated, - and by inserting, in the fourth line, after the word '' remainder", the words : -or reversion, - so as to read as follows: - Section 1. When real estate is subject to a vested remainder or reversion, the probate court having jurisdiction where said estate is situated may, upon the petition of any person who has either an estate in possession or the remainder or reversion in such real estate, and after notice and other proceedings as hereinafter required, appoint one or more trustees, and authorize him or them to sell and convey such estate, or any part thereof, in fee simple, if such sale and conveyance appear to the court to be necessary or expedient; and such conveyance shall be valid and binding upon all persons.
Section 2.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 6, 1S97.