In Re Widener University, Inc. v. Estate of Boettner

HESTER, Judge:

¶ 1 Boettner Institute of Financial Gerontology appeals from the final decree in which the orphans’ court awarded Widener University, Inc., Appellee, one million dollars from the estate of Ruth E. Boettner, deceased. We reverse the decree.

¶ 2 On January 13, 1988, Ruth and Joseph Boettner executed identical, reciprocal wills. Their joint estate plan provided that upon the death of the first spouse to die, each of Joseph’s nieces was to receive a pecuniary bequest and the remainder estate passed to the surviving spouse. Upon the death of the second spouse, each of Joseph’s nieces…