Davies's Estate

Opinion by

Me. Justice Walling,

In January, 1923, the decedent, Eleanor Davies, died at her home in Scranton. She was a widow and childless. By her last will she gave her home, valued at five thousand dollars, and one thousand dollars to Mrs. Margaret Rees Best (herein called Margaret), and also gave certain specific bequests to others, amounting to four thousand dollars; as. to the balance of her estate, being the major portion, she died intestate. After paying the specific legacies and expenses the executor’s first partial account showed a net balance of $32,857.17 for distribution. This the…