Pennsylvania Act 1874-62 — COURTS, AUTHORIZED TO CONFIRM CERTAIN REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCES

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COURTS, AUTHORIZED TO CONFIRM CERTAIN REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCES
                  Act of May 11, 1874, P.L. 131, No. 62               Cl. 68
                                  AN ACT

     To authorize courts to confirm titles of parties to real estate
        sold or conveyed by trustees of married women without leave
        of court.

        Section 1.  Confirmation of title to real estate sold by
     trustees of married women
        In all cases wherein any real estate has been granted by any
     deed or deeds, to any trustee or trustees, for the sole and
     separate use of any married woman, and wherein the deed or deeds
     to any such trustee or trustees for any such real estate so
     granted to him or them, vested in his or their cestui que trust
     the full beneficial estate in fee simple without restriction or
     control imposed by the grantor or grantors in the terms of the
     deed or deeds, or an estate vested in another to be impaired or
     effected, and any such trustee or trustees have, prior to the
     first day of January, 1870, in good faith, and at the request or
     direction of his or their cestui que trust, sold or conveyed any
     such real estate by him or them so held without the leave of the
     proper court, for a valuable and full consideration at the time
     thereof, and such consideration has been paid to his or their
     cestui que trust in good faith, and the purchaser or purchasers
     under any such sale or conveyance have in good faith entered
     into possession and enjoyment of any real estate so sold or
     conveyed, and have erected valuable and permanent buildings
     thereon, and have sold or conveyed the same, or any part
     thereof, to any other person or persons, it shall be competent
     for the Courts of Common Pleas of this Commonwealth, and any
     such court having Jurisdiction in any County of this
     Commonwealth in which any such real estate so sold or conveyed
     is situate, is hereby given jurisdiction and authority upon the
     petition or petitions, and upon proof of such facts by any
     person or persons interested in any such sale or conveyance, or
     in the title to any real estate so sold or conveyed, if
     approving of any such sale or conveyance, to approve, ratify and
     confirm the same with the same effect, as if the same had been
     sold or conveyed under the previous authority of such court, and
     to authorize and direct the proper person or persons to execute
     and deliver sufficient deed or deeds of release and confirmation
     to the person or persons, and his, her or their heirs and
     assigns claiming title to any real estate so sold or conveyed
     by, through, or under any such sale or conveyance with or
     without security as the circumstances of the case may require in
     the judgment and discretion of the court: Provided, That notice
     shall be given to all parties in interest, either personal or by
     publication, as the court may direct.  1874, May 11, P.L. 131,
     Sec. 1.