Byrne's Estate

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This is an appeal from the decree of the orphans’ court dismissing exceptions filed to the report of an auditor.

R. Philomena Byrne, a widow, died, testate, on January 26, 1933, aged 89 years. Letters testamentary were granted to the York National Bank and Trust Company, which filed a first and partial account showing a balance of $73,128.90 for distribution.

Philomena Shadle, a grandniece of the decedent, claimed all the estate, but pressed particularly her right to the personal property, under an alleged oral agreement entered into some time in March, 1930, whereby the…