Speare Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Appellant complains that at the audit of the executors’ final account no provision was made for the payment of its claim for rent for the unexpired term of a lease of premises in which testator conducted a department store. The term was fifteen years, beginning May 1, 1936. The rent was $1,500 a month plus taxes and other charges which, the parties agree, increased the monthly rent to about $1,935.27. The testator-lessee died July 15, 1941. His widow, as authorized by his will, continued the business in the demised premises. She and the Girard Trust Company were…