Bonsall Estate

Bolger, J.,

— The auditing judge, in holding that the Act of June 1, 1945, P. L. 1337, does not authorize the termination of spendthrift trusts created prior to the date of enactment, relied upon Harrison’s Estate, 322 Pa. 532, and the precedents cited therein. They decide that the abrogation of a testator’s right to protect his heirs from a presumed incapacity to manage inheritance can only be accomplished by express, definite and positive enactment. However, the principle of Harrison’s Estate, which was decided in the year 1936, was changed by the Statutory Construction Act of 1937, P. L.…