Brooke's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Testator, who died in 1930, bequeathed $20,000 to The Pennsylvania Trust Company of Reading, in trust to pay the income to his wife for her life, and at her death to distribute the principal among certain remaindermen in specified proportions. Except for the specific bequest of a watch, the residue of his estate was given to his sister, executrix under the will. Upon the death of the life tenant in June, 1933, the trustee’s account was presented for audit. Exceptions filed by remaindermen were generally sustained and a surcharge imposed upon the trustee. Prom the…