McGreevy Estate

Opinion by

Mu. Justice Jones,

Helen McGreevy (decedent), an Allegheny County resident, died intestate on August 17, 1967, and letters of administration in her estate were issued to Jane E. Byrnes (appellant), decedent’s sister and sole heir at law.

Decedent for some years had been mentally incompetent and appellant had been acting as guardian of her estate. For many years decedent had been éntitled to monthly disability retirement annuity benefits paid by the United States Civil Service Commission under the provisions of an Act of Congress providing for retirement of civil service employees.…