Forsythe's Estate

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The purpose of the 17th section of the Act of 1917, P. L. 403, appears with reasonable clearness from the language employed. It provides a method of charging pecuniary legacies on any real estate of the decedent not specifically devised where there is a deficiency of personal assets applicable to the payment of such bequests. Resort was had to the statute for the purpose of securing the balance due the petitioners on their respective legacies under the will of Margaret Forsythe. The executor filed •an account in which the balance for distribution among legatees was…