Braun's Estate

Bolger, J.,

Exceptants complain of the failure of the auditing judge to surcharge the executrix for:

1. Retention of nonlegal investments over a long period of time.

2. A nonlegal investment; or, in the alternative,

3. For the conversion of such investment.

They aver also lack of prudence as well as of diligence and care, in fact supine neglect. They cite Taylor’s Estate, 277 Pa. 518, Plate’s Estate, 30 Dist. R. 902, Hart’s Estate (No. 1), 203 Pa. 480, Kelch’s Estate, 318 Pa. 296, and related cases.

In reply the accountant cites Detre’s Estate, 273 Pa. 341, Bartol’s Estate, 182 Pa. 407, and…