In Re Estate of Harper

OPINION BY

FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.:

¶ 1 Samuel Carl Harper, executor and beneficiary of the estate of Samuel W. Harper, appeals the order of August 3, 2007. We affirm, finding that 1) the orphans’ court did not err in reducing the amount of the executor’s commission and denying certain claims; and 2) that the words “share and share alike” in the testator’s Last Will and Testament (“Will”) did not evidence a clear intention to override the anti-lapse statute.

¶ 2 The Honorable William J. Ober has summarized the facts as follows:

Samuel W. Harper (Testator) died testate on July 27, 2005. Testator’s Will…