In re Lanning

This is a proceeding under article 82 of the Civil Practice Act for the sale of real estate of an incompetent. The petition for the sale is made in the usual manner by the committee (§ 1391), only the interest of the incompetent can be sold (§§ 1388,1401), and the incompetent can acquire no greater interest in the proceeds of the sale than she has in the real property which is the subject of it (§ 1402). Two parcels of land are involved, in one of which the incompetent has a dower estate valued by the referee at $49.05, and in the other of which she owns an undivided half interest valued at…