In Re Estate of Elkins

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Appellants herein are various Philadelphia-area hospitals contesting the orphans’ court’s determination that Appellee, the Philadelphia Health & Education Corporation (“PHEC”), is the appropriate cy pres beneficiary of a trust created under the last will and testament of George W. El-kins. We affirm.

This matter enjoys a complex procedural background, which we must outline to promote a better understanding of the issues presented on appeal. George W. Elkins died testate on October 23, 1919. In item numbered seventeen of his May 3, 1919 will, he established two perpetual…