Link v. MacNabb

• The proceeding before us, although adversary in form, is in fact an amicable one conducted to test the validity of a title. The appeal was taken from an order of the Orphans’ Court of Baltimore City overruling exceptions and finally ratifying an executor’s sale of the land of which the title is challenged.

• ' The appellant does not question the power of the executor or the regularity of the sale but he is unwilling to consummate his purchase unless doubts which he entertains as to the validity of the testatrix’s title to the land can be set at rest. A brief statement of the manner in which…