If it shall become necessary, for any of the aforesaid purposes of such corporation, to acquire any land, or any right, title, interest or estate therein, which is the property of an infant, idiot or insane person, the guardian, executor or administrator, as the case may be, may sell and convey the same to such corporation, but such sale and conveyance shall not be valid, unless approved by the probate court, or the judge thereof, within whose jurisdiction such lands shall be situated; and the judge of such court is hereby authorized to examine into the terms and conditions of such sales and conveyances, and if he finds them to be just, fair and proper, he shall enter his approval upon the records of said court, and endorse the same upon such conveyances, and thereupon, such conveyances shall have the same force and effect as conveyances made by persons competent to convey in their own names. Should there be no guardian, executor or administrator competent to make such sale and conveyance, it shall be the duty of such judge, upon the petition of any relative or friend acting for the benefit and in the interest of such infant, idiot or insane person, to appoint a guardian for the purpose of making such sale and conveyance, who shall be required to give a bond, with sureties, to be approved by said judge, for the faithful performance of his trust. For the purpose of transacting the business provided for in this section, said court shall be deemed to be always open, and a complete record of its proceedings therein shall be kept as in other cases.
History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 6, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 2666; C.L. 1897, § 3848; Code 1915, § 4698; C.S. 1929, § 116-203; 1941 Comp., § 74-203; 1953 Comp., § 69-2-3.
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