Wachstetter Will

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

The next of kin of Mabel S. Wachstetter appealed from the final Decree of the Orphans’ Court which awarded her residuary estate to her residuary legatee, the Quarryville Presbyterian Home.*

Mrs. Wachstetter died testate August 1, 1963,** leaving an estate of $30,000. She was not survived by her husband or by issue or parents. Her next of kin were three brothers, who are the appellants. They contend that the residuary gift to the Home failed for reasons hereinafter discussed, and that consequently they take under the intestate laws. Mrs. Wachstetter’s will dated…