Purman's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

James J. Purman, a well-known lawyer of Greene County, died February 8, 1934, leaving a will naming the Union Trust Company of Waynesburg, Pa., executor of his estate. Since the will gave all the estate to his children and expressly excluded his wife, Hazel Z. Purman, she declared her intention to take against the will. On March 6, 1935, the executor presented its first and final account, and exceptions were filed by the Union Deposit & Trust Company for the use of the Union Trust Company and other assignees of the Union Deposit & Trust Company, and by Mrs. Purman.…