The trustee or trustees, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the executors or administrators of such trustee or survivor, shall collect, recover and reduce into possession all the rights, whether real or personal, credits and things in action of the petitioner; and for that purpose may, in his or her or their own name or names institute and prosecute to judgment and execution any actions real, personal, or mixed; and shall also convert into money all the property and estate assigned, and for that purpose may sell, dispose of and convey the same, in parcels or otherwise, as may be deemed expedient.

Code 1852, § ?2706; Code 1915, § ?4630; Code 1935, § ?5088; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?7325; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;