Cardon's Estate

Opinion by

Me. Justice Schaffeb,

Appellee, J. G. McCrory Company, filed its petition in the orphans’ court, under section 18 of the Fiduciaries Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 447, 486, for the specific performance of a contract to sell real estate made by Fred M. Cardón, acting through his attorney-in-fact, C. F. Cardón, with the petitioner. Fred M. Cardón had died prior to the presentation of the petition. The contract of option set up is contained in a lease made by the attomey-in-fact to petitioner, for a term of fifteen years, under which it was provided, “In consideration of the rentals herein…