Harper Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Charles B. Harper (decedent), died October 25, 1962, survived by a widow and eight children.1 Upon decedent’s death, a dispute arose as to whom letters of administration c.t.a. would be issued and, after several hearings, the Orphans’ Court of Delaware County *198appointed GL W. Davis, a member of tbe bar, as tbe administrator e.t.a.2 (personal representative).

Tbe instant controversy arises from a public sale by tbe personal representative on December 6, 1963, of decedent’s interest in a lumberyard business located in Ridley Park and conducted under tbe name of Charles…