Irwin Estate

Taxis, P. J.,

Ada Irwin, decedent, died June 29, 1959, leaving a will dated July 14, 1953, in which Peoples National Bank was named as executor. Item five of the will provides:

“I give, devise and bequeath my real estate, situate in Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to my son, Joseph Irwin.”

The will contained no residuary clause.

Decedent was survived by a son, Joseph G. Irwin, the specific devisee named in item five of the will, but Joseph subsequently died on October 1,1959, and Ella-bell S. Irwin, his widow, was duly appointed executrix of his estate. As executrix, she appeared at…