Ehret Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal by Provident National Bank, Trustee, from the Decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County refusing to allow it interim compensation on principal.

In lieu of evidence, the facts were stipulated* and submitted to this Court as a statement pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 53.

*586Michael Ehret died February 17, 1913, leaving a will and codicils which were duly probated. In Item Seventh of his will he gave all his real estate (subject to his widow’s life estate in one-third thereof) and two-thirds of his residuary personal estate to his trustees,…