Kerr Estate

Kohler, P.J.,

The executor under the will of Charles M. Kerr, deceased, and as trustee of an inter vivos trust created by said decedent in his lifetime, joined with three charitable organizations who are remaindermen beneficiaries under said trust after the expiration of certain life estates, instituted this proceeding for a declaratory judgment pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1923, P.L. 840, as amended and supplemented, 12 PS §831, et seq.

The petition seeks a declaratory judgment that the provisions of item 6 (b) of the deed of trust, as amended by decedent in his lifetime, validly and…