Dempster's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

The controlling question in this proceeding is whether the orphans’ court properly decided that the appellant, Mary Wood Dempster, must receive from her guardian, Samuel Dempster, in final settlement with him, 427 shares of the capital stock of the W. J. Gilmore Drug Company. If this determination was correct, it is admitted by appellant that other items of attempted surcharge, consisting of counsel fees paid by the guardian and expenses incurred by him need not be considered.

Mary Wood Dempster is the only child of David Morrison Dempster. He was a brother of…