Frasch Adoption Case

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Joan M. Frasch, the subject oí this proceeding had been adopted in infancy by George S. Frasch and Laura M. Frasch, his wife. Her adoptive father died in 1945, her mother on October 9, 1948. By the will of Laura M. Frasch, dated January 14,1946, Joan inherited the home in which they had lived on Overington Street in Philadelphia, worth about $8,500, subject to a mortgage of $2,100, together with some personal property. On the death of her adoptive mother, Joan was but 14 years old. The will provided: . . during her minority I appoint Helen O’Neill and Walter A. Dale, or the…