Estate of Lena Hartzell

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

Pursuant to an order, by an orphans’ court, for the public sale of real estate of a decedent, Lena Hartzell, for the payment of her debts, her son and administrator, William H. Hartzell, having been authorized by the court to bid, became the purchaser. This appeal is from an order of the court below dismissing the exceptions of Emma Kline and her husband, A. L. Kline, daughter and son-in-law of decedent, to the confirmation of the sale.

The exceptants alleged that William H. Hartzell, as agent for his mother, held the legal title to her real estate as security for the…