Orr's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

James W. Orr died in 1923, and, by his will, the estate was given to his wife for life,: — she predeceased him,— and two Masonic Homes were named as residuary legatees. To the executor named, there was* given the power to make public or private sale of his real estate, consisting, in part, of two houses, with the right to execute deeds in fee simple therefor. Basing the value of the properties in question upon an appraisement made some years before, an agent of the personal representative agreed to sell them to one Deitrich, his brother-in,-law, for $14,500, of…