Mayer's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellant petitioned the orphans’ court for a citation to show cause why legacies should not be paid with interest. The question arose under the will of Dr. Mayer of Johnstown, who died in 1920. As it relates to the question before us, the will directs that all “just debts consistent with the preservation of my estate be paid,” and, further, “It having been my ambition since early youth to furnish means by which some worthy child might secure a higher education, for that purpose I give and bequeath unto Duke Stouppe and Louise Stouppe......the sum of Five…