Sivak Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

Mike Sewalk * died April 28, 1961, leaving a will dated February 18, 1960, in which he gave all of his estate to his six named children. ** Not including his Optional Savings Share Account in the Slovenian Savings and Loan Association, which amounted to $3,598, Mike Sewalk’s estate consisted solely of real estate valued at $8,100.

Claimant, Chester Sewalk, one of testator’s sons, appeals from a decree of the Orphans’ Court which awarded the aforesaid “Optional Savings Share Account” to the executor of Mike Sewalk. The Orphans’ Court held that claimant had…