PROBERT v. GARRETT, EXEC.

[No. 90, September Term, 1959.]

221 Md. 188 (1959)

156 A.2d 651

PROBERT ET AL. v. GARRETT, EXECUTOR ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Scanlan, with whom were Shea, Greenman & Gardner on the brief, for the appellants.

Andrew T. Altmann, with whom were Garrett, Altmann & Flather on the brief, for the Executor, one of the appellees.

John W. Neumann, with whom were E. Richard McIntyre and Jones, Mathias & Neumann on the brief, for the purchaser, the other appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.


HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from an order of the Orphans' Court for Montgomery County ratifying a sale of certain real estate sold by an executor over objections raised by two of the legatees, the appellants here. They contend that the executor failed to use due diligence in effecting the sale, and that the price obtained was inadequate.

The will in question authorized and directed...

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