Kenna Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

This appeal is from a decree of an orphans’ court disallowing a claim against a decedent’s estate. Appellant also questions the authority of the court to appoint a trustee ad litem where a testamentary trustee and guardian is already functioning.

The husband of decedent presented a claim against his wife’s estate. It represented one-half of the amount which claimant admittedly advanced to purchase a mortgage secured upon the real estate owned jointly by decedent and her daughter. Decedent had been the wife of one MeKim who died leaving a substantial…