Hoyt Estate

SATTERTHWAITE, P. J.,

This is a petition by the executor of the within decedent’s estate, ostensibly under section 543 of the Fiduciaries Act of April 18, 1949, P. L. 512, 20 PS §320.543, seeking court approval, with the effect of a judicial sale, of a proposed private sale of real estate negotiated by him, so that the same might be declared free and clear of an allegedly invalid contractual right of first refusal given to another at a more restricted price by decedent and her deceased husband during their lifetimes. The purported optionee was made a party respondent by citation and has…