In re the Estate of Wheatley

Carey, Judge:

The sole argument for the administrator is based upon *625the fact that there was a public sale of the stock in question. He contends that former rulings of this court have established the principle that a public auction is the prudent way for an administrator to dispose of personal property and that an administrator who follows that procedure in a proper manner, fairly and without fraud, cannot be held liable for a deficiency in price as contrasted with what might have been obtained in some other way. He suggests that this procedure, as respects personalty, has become so customary…