In Re Wertman Estate

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

Ida Wertman died testate on October 3, 1965. By her duly probated will, she specifically devised to the appellant, her daughter, the realty which concerns us here.

The appellees, as optionees, petitioned the Orphans’ Court for the specific performance of an option to purchase the property 1 which the testatrix had allegedly entered into several years earlier. The option agreement was dated January 17, 1957, eight and one-half years before the testatrix’s death and seven years before the execution of the will which devised the realty to appellant.

After a…