[Previous] [Next]
§58-925.
§58-925.
Upon the filing of said petition mentioned in the preceding section,
the court in its discretion and upon showing of benefit to the estate
of said decedent or ward, shall make an order authorizing and
directing said administrator, executor or guardian to sell a lease
upon the lands therein described for oil and gas or other mining
purposes, said sale to be at public auction to the highest bidder for
cash and to be held in the courtroom of said court not less than five
(5) days from the making of said order. Notice of such sale shall be
given at least five (5) days before said sale by publication one time
in a newspaper in said county, and where the lands involved belong to
the estate of a deceased person, by mailing to the heirs of such
deceased person, if their post office addresses be known. And if the
lands to be leased are situated in any other county than that in which
the probate proceeding is pending, then such notices as provided above
for such period of time and place shall be published also in the
county of the location of the lands.
[Previous] [Next]