Orr's Estate

Van Dusen, J.,

The master’s report states the case so well that we need not restate it here, and the cases cited by him justify his conclusion. Two of them require particular reference:

Hallowell’s Estate, 2 D. & C. 183, was a case where sales of real estate were set aside for the fault of the executor, acting under a power of sale in the will, in selling a number of properties in a lump at private sale without making proper effort to get an adequate price, and without any necessity of selling the properties to pay debts. There was no fault on the part of the purchaser, who had resold the…